US Postal Service issues rules to tighten mail-in voting if court gives OK
The 95-page rule would let USPS refuse noncompliant ballots and will not be enforced for elections on or before Nov. 3 unless courts lift injunctions.
- On Friday, August 21, 2026, the U.S. Postal Service published a final rule tightening mail-in voting requirements, though the agency will not implement these changes until court injunctions in California and Massachusetts are lifted.
- The rule supports President Donald Trump's March Executive Order, "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections," which aims to assemble a national registry of eligible voters to "enhance election integrity via the United States Mail."
- Under the new standards, states must provide federal agencies with "Mail-In and Absentee Participation Lists" and unique ballot barcodes; failure to satisfy these data-entry requirements could result in the Postal Service refusing to deliver ballots.
- Public feedback included "more than 200,000 responses" on the proposed rule, with opponents citing "legal deficiencies" and potential "broader political and social impact" as reasons to delay implementation until after this year's elections.
- Unless the government secures relief from ongoing legal challenges, the agency confirmed it will not implement these changes for any election held on or before November 3, 2026, following losses in 23 of 30 voter roll cases.
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