Postal Service is supposed to deliver mail, not decide who gets to vote

The founders of our democracy understood a simple truth: No president should wield unchecked power over the machinery of elections. That principle is embedded throughout our Constitution. Congress, not the White House, established the U.S. Postal Service. States and Congress, not the president, set the rules for federa

A federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new mail voting requirements for November's midterm elections. CBS News election law contributor David Becker has the details.

In North Carolina, where a deadline to send out the ballots is imminent, state and local officials try to answer voters’ questions, as well as their own.

August 28, 2026 9:37 AM ET An Obama-appointed judge once again temporarily barred the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out President Donald Trump’s restrictions on mail-in ballots in a Thursday ruling. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani lifted a preliminary injunction Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

After reviewing the agency’s final plan to comply with President Trump’s demands, a federal judge barred the Postal Service from imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting.

California and a coalition of other Democratic-led states sued again to block the U.S. Postal Service from implementing new nationwide rules for mail ballots.