Supreme Court refuses to allow Trump's mail voting restrictions for the midterms

NPR | By Hansi Lo Wang,

Leila Fadel

Published September 15, 2026 at 4:44 AM EDT

The Supreme Court has rejected President Trump's push for new mail-in voting restrictions for the midterm election.

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