Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Even with the first ballots for the upcoming midterm set to go out as early as next week, legal confusion over mail-in voting continues.

On Wednesday morning, more than two dozen Democratic-controlled states filed a new lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service challenging President Donald Trump's executive order on mail-in voting.

The original case was deemed premature by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week because the Postal Service rule had not been finalized. That decision led a federal judge in a separate case Wednesday to lift a block on the president's order.

Legal challenges are likely to continue, but the USPS can, for now, continue with its final rule that says it can only deliver ballots to voters on an approved list of eligible voters.

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