Mail ballots are 'secure,' Illinois election officials stress after Supreme Court ruling

As courts continue to decide the fate of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in ballots, Cook County and Illinois election officials say they’re going full speed on their preparations for early voting and vote-by-mail ballots in the November election. And as Trump continues a multi-pronged effort

Litigation quickly unfolding in Massachusetts could set the course for another trip to the high court and a more definitive ruling from the justices.

The Supreme Court has removed one roadblock from the Trump administration’s attempts to impose severe restrictions on voting.

Honig & NewsNight react to new SCOTUS mail-in ballot ruling  CNN

In its recent decision in Watson v. Republican National Committee (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the legality of a state mail-in voting system that allows the counting of ballots that are mailed before election day but not received until shortly after election day. "While federal law dictates when ballots must

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to move forward with citizenship checks on mail-in ballots, ruling states suing the White House over President Trump's executive order don't have the legal right to challenge it. Ed O'Keefe has the latest.

The U.S. president's Republican Party is locked in a tight battle to retain control of Congress in November's midterm elections.

Aug 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted one court order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from implementing an executive order restricting the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of President Trump's executive order increasing election integrity relating to mail ballots on Monday, saying states suing over the order did so improperly.

The Supreme Court ruling comes as President Trump is amping up economic pressure on the Iranian regime. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports.

Trump's executive order, issued in March, directed the Department of Homeland Security to compile and ​transmit to the states a list of US citizens eligible to vote in each state.

The US Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump a temporary victory on Monday, lifting a lower court block on his executive order curbing the use of mail-in ballots.

Justices lift decision to block president’s order to restrict eligibility to a new federal list of voters

US Supreme Court hands a win to Trump over mail-in ballot restrictions  Reuters

California officials stressed that the court's ruling does not allow final implementation of the new rules requested by Trump.

Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to restrict mail-in voting but it was immediately met with multiple legal challenges.

The US Supreme Court sided with President Donald Trump over his plan to use the Postal Service to impose new restrictions on the distribution of mail ballots. Kate Sullivan reports on "Balance of Power: Evening Edition." (Source: Bloomberg)

The Supreme Court clears a path for President Donald Trump’s mail-ballot executive order ahead of the midterm elections, marking another key win for the administration on the high court’s emergency docket. The emergency petition was brought to the high court last month by the DOJ and a coalition of GOP states, after th

Aug 24 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a judicial decision blocking President Donald Trump's administration from implementing his executive order to restrict the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections that will decide control of Congress - though another remains.

President Trump can implement an executive order restricting mail-in ballots just months before the midterm elections, the Supreme Court said Monday. Why it matters: The decision will upend midterm elections, putting election officials and administrators on a tight deadline to comply with the rule changes and aggravate