August 28, 2026 (Prospect.org) KUTTNER ON TAP We can expect the courts to foil Trump’s scheme to have the Postal Service block mail ballots—but it will be a close call. In the latest twist in the saga of President Trump’s efforts to get the U.S. Postal Service to restrict or… Continue reading
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
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
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
