Supreme Court halts Trump administration's bid to overhaul mail-in voting rules

The president’s campaign to dominate the upcoming midterm elections hit a major setback when the Supreme Court stopped his last-minute proposal to rewrite mail-in ballot regulations. Over the past weeks, the Justice Department lost more than twenty cases aimed at harvesting voter information, while whistleblowers disclosed alleged unlawful efforts to tap state voter rolls. The court’s ruling prevents a plan that would have let mail carriers decide which ballots to count, a move critics said could disenfranchise thousands.

Experts described the president’s actions as desperate, noting the administration has also hinted at declaring a national emergency and deploying federal agents to polling places. Homeland Security officials have been accused of directing immigration workers to probe voter rolls for non-citizens, a claim the agency neither confirmed nor denied. Despite the legal defeats, Trump allies continue to push for aggressive measures, and election officials stress that the voting system remains secure but will face ongoing challenges from the White House.