Mail Voting
The first ballots are hitting mailboxes across the Keystone State, meaning the 2026 election is officially underway.
The Supreme Court decision blocking mail ballot restrictions allows election officials to focus on planning for the November election.
The Supreme Court ruling marked the culmination of a frenzied, monthslong legal battle.
A majority of justices declined to allow the U.S. Postal Service to put new restrictions in place for November.
Mullin has shifted more focus onto elections since July, declaring that “election security is national security.”
Election experts question whether it’s possible to comply with the Postal Service’s new mail ballot rules by November.
Monday’s Supreme Court ruling doesn’t end a messy legal fight over Trump’s efforts to restrict mail ballots for the midterms.
The 2027 removals will be the first under a state law that requires officials to remove voters from the list if they don’t cast their mail ballot for two consecutive general election cycles.
About 1,300 ballots were marked undeliverable in Navajo County during the July 21 primary. Votebeat gathered data and records to investigate.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rebuked a lower court’s 2025 ruling that struck down nine provisions of a sweeping election law related to voter assistance.
The ruling throws a new wrench in the president’s plans to involve the U.S. Postal Service in absentee voting this November.
The U.S. Postal Service has warned that time is growing short to make changes for the midterms.
A new lawsuit seeks to allow voters voters facing mail delays to cast provisional ballots in person
Absentee voters are most likely to be affected, but many will never find out about it.
The state and city are seeking to better understand how an error happened twice — and prevent it from recurring in future elections.
Federal officials are seeking to quickly stay a ruling blocking Trump’s executive order, even as another judge separately rules the Postal Service can’t proceed with carrying it out.
The case threatened to send election officials scrambling by moving up mail ballot receipt deadlines in several states.
The judge ruled that the federal government does not have the authority to create centralized lists of adult citizens or decide who can vote by mail.
The measure would require mail voters to provide ID, but it’s unclear exactly how that might work. If voters approve the change, lawmakers would have to figure out how to implement it.
The long vote-counting process comes under fire from Trump, but some say it’s a sign of success.