RNC vows to keep backing Trump's mail-in voting restrictions
Republican National CommitteeRepublican National Committee (statement issued by Ally Triolo, Election Integrity Communications Director)
RNC Election Integrity Communications Director Ally Triolo said the RNC "will continue to back President Trump's efforts to secure elections" after the Supreme Court's ruling, saying "this fight is far from over."
“The RNC will continue to back President Trump's efforts to secure elections... This fight is far from over, and Republicans will not rest until America's ballot box is fully protected.”
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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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Newsweek report including an emailed statement from RNC Election Integrity Communications Director Ally Triolo defending the administration's mail-in voting restrictions after the September 14 Supreme Court ruling.
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Emailed statement to Newsweek after the Supreme Court's September 14, 2026 ruling on Trump's mail-in voting executive order.
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The statement came the same day the DNC and other Democratic committees issued a joint statement condemning the ruling as a rebuke of the restrictions.
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The RNC explicitly defends Trump's mail-in voting restrictions as a security effort worth continuing to back despite the Supreme Court ruling, a direct defense of the conduct under scrutiny.
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The Dispute Index. "RNC vows to keep backing Trump's mail-in voting restrictions". First published: 2026-09-17. Last updated: 2026-09-17. https://disputeindex.com/events/830-rnc-election-integrity-communications-director-ally-triolo-said