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

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