In September 2026, the United States Supreme Court declined to take up a case that would have empowered the Postal Service to impose new restrictions on mail-in ballots, leaving intact the lower court rulings that blocked those measures. The decision, arriving ahead of the midterm elections, preserves a voting method that tens of millions of Americans depend upon — one that has become woven into the fabric of modern democratic participation. For those who have long sought to narrow the avenues of the ballot, it marks another moment where the courts have declined to follow, and for those who se