States push back on mail-in voting restrictions after SCOTUS loss

Twenty-four states and D.C. filed suit in Massachusetts federal court to block a new USPS rule requiring mail ballots go only to voters on citizenship-verified lists, months before the midterms. The suit follows a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that let Trump's March executive order proceed, prompting a judge to lift her earlier nationwide injunction.

States say the rule forces them to redesign ballot envelopes, build new voter-list systems, and retrain election officials on a compressed timeline, all while bracing for in-person turnout from voters who normally vote by mail. A White House spokesperson called the high court's ruling a win for election security and accused 'Radical Democrats' of opposing 'commonsense measures.'

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, calling the ruling part of a 'Kafkaesque nightmare' for election-related plaintiffs. The states have refiled their challenge alongside the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts and other voting rights groups.

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