In the weeks before America's midterm elections, the Supreme Court intervened to halt a set of mail voting regulations the Trump administration had rushed into place, concluding the government was unlikely to prevail on the legal merits. The rules — requiring barcoded ballot envelopes and mandatory voter data submission to a federal portal — had already alarmed election officials who warned of mass disenfranchisement if implemented on such short notice. The decision exposed fractures within the court's conservative wing and drew a sharp, public rebuke from the president himself, reminding the
Trump Admin Pledges Compliance With Supreme Court Mail Ballot Ruling
Potential mass voter disenfranchisement if new rules had been implemented before midterm elections, according to election officials.