Pritzker says Illinois sued over Trump's mail-voting threat and won
JB PritzkerGovernor of Illinois, posting on his verified personal Bluesky account
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says Illinois took President Trump to court when he threatened mail-in voting and won. He also says the state added polling places statewide.
“That's why we added polling locations statewide, and when Donald Trump threatened mail-in voting, we took him to court—and won.”
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Should Trump’s new mail-in voting restrictions apply to the 2026 midterms?
USPS’s new federal ballot-mail rule requires election officials to meet envelope standards, enroll voters through a federal portal and submit outgoing ballots for verification. The Trump administration argues these are lawful anti-fraud postal controls. Challenging states and civil-rights organizations say USPS is intruding into state-run elections and that the late rollout threatens voters’ access. On September 14, the Supreme Court left a temporary block in place for the 2026 election. Alito and Thomas would have allowed enforcement; Kavanaugh objected to applying the rule this year.
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The post also says 1.1 million Illinois residents had already voted early and links to a voter-information site. Illinois joined the multistate lawsuit against the Postal Service's ballot-mail rule on August 26.
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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined the multistate lawsuit against the Postal Service's ballot-mail rule on August 26. Courts blocked the rule's mandatory provisions for the 2026 election, and on September 14 the Supreme Court left that block in place.
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In the same post, Pritzker says 1.1 million Illinois residents had already voted early and links to a voter-information site.
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Pritzker describes the administration's mail-voting restrictions as a threat that Illinois fought in court, which is a direct objection to applying them in this election.
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