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Court Battles Rage Over Trump USPS Mail-In Ballot Order As First Midterm Absentee Ballots are Sent Out in NC

September 6, 2026September 6, 2026

Lawyers labored over Labor Day weekend to submit responses to the U.S. Supreme Court, after a Federal district judge blocked two more parts of President Donald Trump’s USPS mail-in voting order. Briefs for an appeal to the high court are due September 8th.

North Carolina Governor Signals Veto of Anti-Voter Bill Shortening Early Voting, and Lengthening the Window for Ballot Challenges

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026

We’re in North Carolina today, where Governor Josh Stein signaled he would veto a bill shortening early voting for primaries, lengthening the time for activists to challenge a voter’s eligibility, and purge voters flagged in the federal SAVE database.

U.S. House Passes the SAVE America Act and Will Combine It With a Defense Appropriations Bill to Make it Harder to Vote Down in the Senate

July 23, 2026July 23, 2026

The U.S. House passed the SAVE America Act again, this time with language to attach it to a normally bipartisan defense appropriations bill before it’s sent to the Senate. It’s a last-ditch effort to pass the bill.

With the SAVE America Act Stalling in Congress, Look for Renewed Efforts to Pass Similar Restrictions in State Legislatures

July 6, 2026July 6, 2026

With the SAVE America Act now stalled in Congress and unlikely to pass, more GOP-dominated state legislatures may take up SAVE Act-like restrictive proof of citizenship and narrower voter ID options. Some have already passed similar provisions.

In a Surprising Pro-Voter Decision the U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Mississippi’s Five-Day Mail-In Ballot Grace Period

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026

The U.S. Supreme Court surprisingly upheld Mississippi’s law allowing eligible mail-in ballots to be counted up to five days after election day. The decision protects voters in the 29 states which allow receipt of absentee, mail-in, or overseas UOCAVA ballots after election day, if postmarked on or before that day.

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Court Battles Rage Over Trump USPS Mail-In Ballot Order As First Midterm Absentee Ballots are Sent Out in NC

North Carolina Governor Signals Veto of Anti-Voter Bill Shortening Early Voting, and Lengthening the Window for Ballot Challenges

U.S. House Passes the SAVE America Act and Will Combine It With a Defense Appropriations Bill to Make it Harder to Vote Down in the Senate

With the SAVE America Act Stalling in Congress, Look for Renewed Efforts to Pass Similar Restrictions in State Legislatures

In a Surprising Pro-Voter Decision the U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Mississippi’s Five-Day Mail-In Ballot Grace Period