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The administration wants a rule that lets the Postal Service refuse to deliver mail ballots in any state that won’t hand the federal government its list of mail voters. USPS proposed rules on May 29, 2026 requiring every state to send the federal government a list of the voters it is mailing ballots to, and appearing to let the agency block delivery to anyone not on the list — Votebeat
When this administration tried to force states to turn over their voter data, it lost in court over and over — the Justice Department’s demands got thrown out. Reported June 12, 2026 that the administration’s push to obtain state voter rolls had lost every court fight to date, with a Maryland federal court among those rejecting the Justice Department’s demand for voter data — MS NOW (Maddow Blog), citing reporting by The New York Times
Trump’s first order to seize control of elections was blocked outright. Trump’s initial 2025 election executive order, which sought to require documentary proof of citizenship to register, was blocked by multiple federal judges — PBS NewsHour
The rules of federal elections belong to the states and to Congress. Not to the president. Challengers argue Article I of the Constitution gives state legislatures and Congress — not the president — the power to set the rules for federal elections — NPR
A Trump-appointed judge has so far declined to block the rule, but only because it isn’t final yet. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, declined on May 28, 2026 to block the order, agreeing with the administration that it was too early because the directives had not yet been carried out — PBS NewsHour