Supreme Court blocks new Postal Service rules for mail ballots in blow to Trump

Updated on: September 14, 2026 / 7:49 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday left intact a lower court decision that blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new regulations for mail voting, rejecting the Trump administration's effort to move forward with the rules in the run-up to the November midterm elections.

The court's decision keeps implementation of the Postal Service's requirements, finalized by the agency late last month, on hold while a legal challenge moves forward. Mail ballots have already gone out to voters in some states, and election officials at the state and local levels had warned it would be difficult for them to make the changes to comply with the new policies in time for the upcoming elections.

The Trump administration, meanwhile, had argued that the rules are needed to address the risk of fraud in mail voting, which Solicitor General D. John Sauer said is a "particularly pernicious species of fraud" that dilutes lawful votes and undermines public confidence in the integrity of elections.

But the administration has not come out with evidence of widespread voter fraud, and President Trump himself has voted by mail in Florida elections this year.

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