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<span>Election Security<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> In a Monday filing, the Justice Department said states sued before agencies even decided how the order would work. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/89984\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-let-him-curtail-mail-in-voting-ahead-of-midterms.jpg?resize=640%2C421&ssl=1\" 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1026px) 100vw, 1026px\"><figcaption> A Hudson County, New Jersey 2020 presidential mail-in election ballot is seen on September 29, 2020 in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"24.678445229682\"><body readability=\"49.759061833689\"><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/Search.aspx?FileName=\/docket\/docketfiles\/html\/public%5C26a124.html\">asked the Supreme Court on Monday<\/a> to let it enforce an executive order that would restrict mail-in voting, after a federal appeals court kept the order blocked in nearly half the states just months before the November midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the justices that a Massachusetts federal judge acted too soon when she struck down key parts of the order, which blocked federal agencies from carrying it out in 23 states and the District of Columbia. Sauer said the order only directs agencies to study changes and has not yet produced a final rule, so no state has suffered harm. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe district court preemptively decided that whatever the agencies may choose to do will necessarily be unlawful,\u201d he wrote. He asked the court to pause the injunction while the case moves through the appeals court, and to grant an immediate stay in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/white-house-elections-executive-order-limits-mail-voting-creates-federal-voter-lists\/\">signed an order in March<\/a> that directs the Department of Homeland Security to compile lists of confirmed U.S. citizens in each state and send them to election officials, along with directing the U.S. Postal Service to draft rules on mail-in and absentee ballots. California and 22 other Democratic-led states sued three days after Trump signed the order, arguing the Constitution gives states and Congress, not the president, power over elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/judge-strikes-down-trump-election-executive-order\/\">ruled in June<\/a> that the administration lacked power to build its own citizen-voter database and that the Postal Service could not impose new rules on states\u2019 mail ballots by itself. She also found the order\u2019s enforcement language amounted to an improper threat against local election officials. <\/p>\n<p>In Monday\u2019s filing, the administration leaned on a 2020 case, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trump_v._New_York\">Trump v. New York<\/a>, in which the justices threw out a challenge to a separate Trump order on census counts because it was too soon to know how agencies would carry it out. Sauer argued the same logic applies here. The order tells agencies to act only \u201cto the extent feasible and consistent with applicable law.\u201d That wording, he said, means the Postal Service and Homeland Security could still drop or narrow the changes once they finish reviewing public comments and checking what the law allows.<\/p>\n<p>The filing follows a string of fights over how the 2026 midterms will run. Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/state-officials-election-experts-pan-trump-voter-fraud-speech-call-it-desperation\/\">Trump gave a prime-time address<\/a> reviving his claim that the 2020 election was rigged, this time pointing to China, without providing any new evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The filing also follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/supreme-court-rules-legal-mail-in-ballots-after-election-day\/\">Supreme Court ruling in late June<\/a> that let states keep counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day if postmarked on time. <\/p>\n<p>You can read the full filing below. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.9500860585198\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"14\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/trump-asks-supreme-court-to-let-him-curtail-mail-in-voting-ahead-of-midterms-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Greg Otto\"> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"author-card__name\">Written by Greg Otto<\/h4>\n<p> Greg Otto is Editor-in-Chief of CyberScoop, overseeing all editorial content for the website. 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