High Court Leaves Injunction Against Mail-In Ballot Rule In Place For Midterms

( September 15, 2026, 2:52 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court in a split decision late Sept. 14 denied the government’s application to stay a Massachusetts federal judge’s injunction barring mandatory enforcement of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) mail-in ballot rule for elections occurring on or before the Nov. 3 midterm elections pending appeal, blocking the government’s attempt to restore requirements that states submit voter-linked information through a federal portal for ballot verification that the government said was necessary for election integrity but drew privacy challenges over disclosure of confidential voter data, among other issues....

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