Supreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Plan to Screen Mail-In Ballots
The Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections.
The Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections.
The plan, which two dozen states have challenged as unconstitutional, puts in place new requirements about who can receive mail ballots.
Voting rights organizations had challenged a Trump administration overhaul of a government database, arguing it could be used to disenfranchise eligible voters.
The filing puts the legality of the president’s push to impose limits on mail voting squarely before the justices even as states begin sending out ballots.
The Trump administration’s effort to screen mail-in ballots for the midterms is facing numerous challenges.
Election officials warn that the creation of a new online portal for states to upload voter information is already fueling confusion and could ultimately disenfranchise voters.