Six GOP election chiefs urge the Court to keep mail-voting restrictions blocked
Brad RaffenspergerSecretary of State of Georgia (amicus brief joined by five other Republican election officials)
Six Republican secretaries of state and election officials -- Georgia's Brad Raffensperger, Kentucky's Michael Adams, North Dakota's Michael Howe, Utah's Deidre Henderson, South Dakota's Monae Johnson, and Kansas's Scott Schwab -- filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to keep Trump's mail-in voting restrictions blocked, warning "late changes almost always lead to unforeseen consequences."
“late changes almost always lead to unforeseen consequences”
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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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Democracy Docket report on an amicus brief filed by six Republican secretaries of state and election officials urging the Supreme Court to keep its block on Trump's mail-in voting restrictions.
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Amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court, docket 26A305.
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The brief represents an intra-GOP break from Trump's position on the restrictions.
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Six Republican election officials, breaking with Trump's own position, condemn the timing of the restrictions as risking unforeseen consequences and urge the Court to keep them blocked.
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