In ‘Win for Voters,’ Another Federal Court Blocks Trump Attack on Mailed Ballots

Election workers process mailed ballots in Riverside, California on June 1, 2026.  (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul/MediaNews Group/The Sun via Getty Images) A majority of the three-judge appellate panel called part of the president’s March executive order “an unprecedented federal incursion into states’ exclusive power to determine voter eligibility.” Brett Wilkins… Continue reading

Tens of Thousands of June Mail-In Ballots Tossed, Many Due to USPS’s New Postmark Policy

Tens of Thousands of June Mail-In Ballots Tossed, Many Due to USPS’s New Postmark Policy

24 July 2026/SF Politics/Leanne Maxwell (SFist.com) More than a third of the 148,000 rejected mail-in ballots from California’s June primary were discarded because they were postmarked late, which experts largely attribute to a recent change in the US Postal Service’s postmarking policy. As the Associated Press reports, nearly 150,000 California… Continue reading

Trump Suffers Rare Supreme Court Setback on Mail-in Ballot Due Dates

Courts Klaus Marre 06/29/26 (whowhatwhy.org) The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Mississippi law that allows properly postmarked ballots received up to five days after Election Day to still be counted. Donald Trump didn’t take the news well. Donald Trump reacted to a rare Supreme Court loss on Monday with a… Continue reading