Democratic-controlled states on Wednesday filed another lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting in this year’s midterm elections.
The action, filed by about two dozen states against the U.S. Postal Service, marked a new phase in the high-stakes litigation just two days after the Supreme Court ruled against them in a separate case, but did not say Trump’s order was legal.
The high court majority found the Democratic lawsuit was premature, but that was before the Republican administration issued a rule governing U.S. Postal Service delivery of mail ballots. Election officials warn it will be impossible to implement in the days before the first wave of mail ballots are sent out next week.
“Across the country, states are already deep into preparations for the 2026 elections. Now, at the last moment, the federal government is attempting to meddle in those preparations and potentially threaten countless Americans’ right to vote,” New York Attorney General Letitia James, one of 25 Democratic attorneys general filing the lawsuit, said in a statement. “USPS has no authority to decide who can and cannot vote by mail.”
Lawsuit filed after Supreme Court decision.
https://www.cpr.org/2026/08/26/colorado-lawsiut-postal-service-mail-ballots/
SCOTUS just cleared the path for Trump’s mail ballot security rules.
Less than 24 hours later, Obama-appointed Judge Indira Talwani is back at it.
She just ruled that the U.S. Postal Service “feigned complete compliance” and violated her injunction by finalizing the new rules.… pic.twitter.com/BF5oRXw5Br
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 25, 2026
People wonder why Democrats take unpopular positions on things like voter ID and the deportation of foreigners.
To put it simply: Popularity is not nearly as important for their survival as cheating is. Without the cheating, the Democrat Party is a 20% party. https://t.co/m7LSrvuzRh
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) August 26, 2026