How will Supreme Court ruling on mail ballots impact California elections?
The 6-3 emergency ruling leaves the order in place while appeals continue, even as states warn it could disrupt mail ballot rules for millions of voters.
- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency order allowing President Donald Trump's executive order on mail-in voting to proceed, reversing lower court injunctions that had blocked the administration's new federal election directives.
- Executive Order 14399 directs the Department of Homeland Security to create citizenship lists and instructs the Justice Department to prioritize prosecuting officials who provide ballots to ineligible voters, aiming to modernize federal election processes.
- A coalition of 23 states, co-led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, challenged the directive as unconstitutional federal overreach, arguing that states—not the president—hold the sole authority to administer elections and verify voter eligibility.
- Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs denounced the ruling alongside other state officials, pledging to continue fighting; the high court clarified the decision was procedural, not a final judgment on the executive action's constitutionality.
- Just weeks before the November 3 midterm elections, uncertainty remains regarding mail-in voting rules as the U.S. Postal Service finalizes regulations and states like Oregon direct local clerks to maintain established, state-run election procedures.
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‘Do It Early’: Officials Urge Illinoisans to Submit Mail-In Ballots Well Before Election Day Amid Supreme Court ‘Chaos’ – WTTW (Chicago)
Local and state officials are reassuring Illinoisans about the safety of mail-in voting, while also encouraging them to return their ballots early after a new ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court could cause “chaos” ahead of the November election.
POLITICS: Proposition 39 is the only answer to vote-by-mail doubt
Vote-by-mail is a mess. And the only answer is voter ID, as in Proposition 39. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court declined to block an executive order by President Donald Trump that restricts vote-by-mail. Among other things, the order requires the US Postal Service to obtain lists of registered voters from the states, and to make sure that any ballots sent by mail are only delivered to people on the rolls. Vote-by-mail ballots. Democrats, inc…
Supreme Court Hands Trump a Win in Bid to Prevent Ineligible Voters Voting in Midterm Elections
The Supreme Court on Monday opened the door for President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at securing the upcoming midterm elections from ineligible voters and implementing verification standards for mail-in ballots. The high court halted a lower court ruling that was blocking the president’s March 31 executive order establishing a whole-of-government approach to prevent noncitizens from registering to vote or voting in federal elections. …
W.Va. election officials monitoring rulings on absentee voting by mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a partial victory for an executive order placing certain restrictions on mail-in voting, though the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office said those restrictions likely will not affect the…
SCOTUS Ruling Shakes Certainty in Mail-In and Absentee Ballots
By AARON DAVIS, InDepthNH.org Secretary of State David Scanlan said Tuesday that his office is monitoring election litigation and could not say whether the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballots will affect absentee ballots in New Hampshire ahead of the Sept. 8 primary or Nov. 3 election. “At the national level there is still litigation pending over the President’s executive order related to mail-in ballots. Implementation of the Ex…
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