The US Supreme Court has blocked an attempt by President Donald Trump’s administration to advance new restrictions on mail-in ballots, leaving a federal judge’s temporary order in place.
The administration had asked the court to lift the lower-court block, which had paused the introduction of the proposed rules. The Supreme Court’s action means those rules cannot proceed while the temporary restriction remains in effect.
The case concerns mail-in ballots, a voting method in which ballots are submitted remotely rather than cast in person. The proposed changes were challenged before a federal judge, who issued a temporary block before the administration sought intervention from the Supreme Court.
By refusing to lift that block, the court has preserved the current legal position for now. The decision does not, on the information available, set out the final outcome of the underlying dispute over the rules, but it prevents the administration from putting them into effect at this stage.
The latest position is that the federal judge’s temporary block remains in force, and the Trump administration’s plan to restrict mail-in ballots is unable to proceed unless that position changes in further legal proceedings.
