Key Facts

• The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to lift a temporary ban on Postal Service changes affecting mail-in voting.
• A Boston judge ruled that new restrictions on mail ballots could cause serious problems and are hard to follow so close to the 2026 midterms.
• The Supreme Court has a mixed record on mail-in voting cases, including a recent 5-4 ruling allowing ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted even if received later.
• Some justices, like Amy Coney Barrett and Chief Justice Roberts, supported counting late-arriving ballots; others, like Samuel Alito, dissented, worried about election integrity.
• Justice Brett Kavanaugh has consistently warned against changing election rules near voting time, citing the "Purcell principle."
• Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson disagree with lifting previous injunctions against the administration’s orders, citing concerns about legal authority and election chaos.
• Legal experts say the case could go through several courts quickly and are skeptical the administration will succeed, questioning the president’s power over state election rules.