What Will Happen with Mail-In Voting? Supreme Court Decision Could Cause Chaos in November
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
The Supreme Court's preliminary approval of President Donald Trump's order to restrict mail-in voting does not change any procedures for the upcoming legislative elections in November, but it has already cast uncertainty over the method that nearly a third of the country uses to vote. Instead of affirming that Trump's order is legal, the high court indicated on Monday that it was too early for Democratic-led states to challenge it in June, when they convinced a federal judge in Boston to freeze the order for the November elections. This effectively restarts the legal battle over the order on an incredibly compressed timeline, with the first ballots set to be sent to overseas voters and military personnel in North Carolina in just over a week. A second court order remains in effect, prohibiting the Postal Service from making changes to comply with Trump's directive. Nevertheless, the government filed a motion late Monday to lift that second suspension and has published new Postal Service regulations that would take effect on Tuesday if the legal path is fully cleared. This new rule requires a specific format for envelopes containing mail-in ballots—which could force some jurisdictions to completely revise them—and mandates that states use an electronic system to identify to the Postal Service who is voting by mail. If states do not comply with the rule, their mail-in ballots will not be sent.
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