absentee ballots

Alabama absentee ballots set to mail around Sept. 9 as USPS rule stays blocked

by
Alabama absentee ballots being placed into an official election ballot box slot

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama absentee ballots are scheduled to begin mailing for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election around Wednesday, Sept. 9, joining a wave of states already putting ballots into the mailstream while a federal court order blocks mandatory enforcement of a new U.S. Postal Service ballot-mail rule. North Carolina began mailing general-election absentee … Read more

USPS mail ballot rule stays blocked as Supreme Court weighs emergency stay before midterms

by
USPS mail ballot rule stacks of official absentee ballot return envelopes on a sorting table

WASHINGTON — The USPS mail ballot rule remains blocked for the Nov. 3, 2026, midterms on Tuesday, Sept. 8, after Solicitor General D. John Sauer renewed an emergency Supreme Court bid to stay a preliminary injunction from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts. Talwani’s Sept. 4 order stops mandatory enforcement of … Read more