Escalation: Trump Appeals to Supreme Court for Mail Voting

The Justice Department filed an emergency request on Monday asking the Supreme Court to lift a lower‑court order that has halted key parts of President Donald Trump’s March mail‑voting directive in 23 states and Washington, D.C. The justices set a deadline of Aug. 3 for the states to respond. The appeal followed a weekend ruling by the First Circuit that left a Boston judge’s injunction in place for the 2026 elections.

Trump’s order directs federal agencies to build state‑by‑state lists of eligible voters from citizenship and Social Security records and tells the Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on those lists, using new barcoded envelopes tied to voter records. The administration argues the injunction is premature because agencies have not finalized how, or whether, to implement those changes.

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