Supreme Court gives Trump green light to restrict mail-in voting

It's not yet clear how this will affect the midterms News Editor Published August 24, 2026 6:18PM (EDT) A Trump executive order to limit mail-in ballots just hit a roadblock as a federal court ruled against the administration to enforce the order. But there's still four months until the midterms. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Getty Images) On Monday, the Supreme Court approved the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to enact a nationwide crackdown on mail-in voting via an executive order. It’s still not clear how quickly this agenda could be implemented before the November midterm elections, but could put election administrators on a tight deadline to comply. In March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to restrict voting by mail. About two dozen states and Washington, D.C. sued. Th