Trump asks US Supreme Court to permit mail-in voting restrictions
US President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on July 27, 2026, to allow mail-in ballot restrictions that a lower court had blocked after finding he lacked authority to change state election rules.
US President Donald Trump asked the United States Supreme Court on July 27, 2026, to allow restrictions on mail-in voting that had been blocked by a lower court, according to an Al Jazeera report.
The lower court ruled that Trump did not have the authority to change state election rules. The Supreme Court request places the dispute before the country’s highest court, but the filing itself does not mean the justices have accepted the administration’s position or decided the case.
Mail-in voting rules are administered through state election systems, making the division of authority between the federal government and states central to the dispute. Further details will depend on how the Supreme Court responds to the request.
