The United States Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to enforce an executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of November's midterm elections, with the court's 6-3 conservative majority siding against a lower court block.
The March order directs the Department of Homeland Security to compile state citizenship lists of eligible voters and requires the United States Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to those on the lists. Democratic officials in 23 states and Washington, D.C., sued to block the measure, and a federal judge in Boston ruled in June that the Constitution grants the president no specific authority over elections. An appeals court upheld that decision before the Justice Department sought emergency relief at the Supreme Court in late July.
Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, warning the ruling would bring unnecessary confusion to the midterms. About 30 percent of ballots were cast by mail during the 2024 presidential election.