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Supreme Court allows Trump mail-in voting restrictions

Published 24 August 2026

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the Trump administration to proceed with an executive order that seeks to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections, though the ruling leaves significant legal and logistical hurdles in place. In a 6-3 decision, the justices lifted a lower court injunction that had blocked key parts of the order, but a separate nationwide injunction remains, and the decision does not settle the underlying legal questions about the president's authority to dictate election procedures.

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