Politics
US courts reject Trump-backed voting changes ahead of midterms
September 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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4 reports · over 5 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to implement new vote-by-mail rules
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TGThe Guardian
US appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to impose restrictions on mail-in voting before midterms
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AJAl Jazeera English
US Supreme Court blocks Republican-drawn congressional map in Missouri
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TGThe Guardian
US supreme court again rejects Missouri congressional maps redrawn to benefit Republicans in midterms
(opens the publisher’s site)Federal courts have rejected Trump administration efforts to tighten mail-in voting rules and to overhaul Missouri's congressional maps ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
- The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston declined on Thursday to lift a lower-court injunction blocking the new Postal Service rules on mail-in ballots.
- The rules would require states to add scannable barcodes to mail-in ballots and submit voter lists, and the Postal Service could refuse to transmit non-compliant mail-outs.
- The Trump administration has argued the rules are necessary for election security, while the Justice Department said the challengers' case rested on an unfounded premise.
- The Supreme Court rejected a Trump-backed push to overhaul Missouri's congressional maps, allowing the state's previous boundaries to stand for the elections.