12+ hour, 43+ min ago   (394+ words) Access to the ballot in the 2026 midterm elections now sits in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices are fully briefed, and a ruling is expected imminently on whether to lift a block on a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) rule…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (152+ words) Democracy Docket With just 52 days until Election Day, some states have already begun to send out mail ballots, but a pending ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict mail voting could put those and other…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (256+ words) The Justice Department called a federal judge’s block on key parts of President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order “baseless” as it seeks to put the restrictions in place before Election Day. “Every day that the district court’s injunction remains…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (366+ words) Thirty states facing U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) lawsuits over voter records have been ordered to preserve all 2024 election files under a “litigation hold” — or risk criminal sanctions. “The purpose of this letter is to notify you of your obligations to take…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (414+ words) Whether President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict mail voting will be allowed to move forward despite ongoing legal challenges now rests with the U.S. Supreme Court after the parties involved submitted their briefs. The consequences of the court’s ruling are…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (321+ words) The Indiana Supreme Court is set to decide whether a Republican state senator who bucked President Donald Trump’s demand for a gerrymandered map will keep his seat in a race that’s come down to a narrow three-vote margin. Despite threats…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1186+ words) Election Day is just under two months away. But voters still don’t know for certain whether they will be able to cast their ballots by mail. That question is now in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. Many observers…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (515+ words) Allowing the U.S. Postal Service to implement a new rule restricting mail voting at this stage “would be chaos,” Democratic attorneys general told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. “Whatever else may be said of USPS’ new rule, it would wreak havoc…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (659+ words) President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) wants a lower court order against the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) new mail voting rule lifted — even if it means voters would be disenfranchised as a result. The department made the alarming admission…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (613+ words) The U.S. Postal Service’s mail voting restrictions are “modest” and “clearly lawful,” the Department of Justice said in its final filing to a federal appeals court in a bid to implement the standards for the November elections. “The Final Rule merely…...