The Trump administration has officially renewed its appeal to the US Supreme Court to permit restrictions on mail-in voting, as reported by The Guardian. This move comes after a federal judge blocked new limits on these ballots just as the country prepares for the November midterm elections. The latest filing was submitted this past Sunday. It follows a decision made by US District Court Judge Indira Talwani on Friday, which extended a court order preventing the US Postal Service from enforcing the executive order signed by President Trump. This is actually the third time the administration has asked the highest court in the country to intervene in this specific dispute. While the court has previously allowed the plan to move forward, it has yet to make a final ruling on whether the plan is actually legal. States have already started sending out ballots. The solicitor general, John Sauer, highlighted the urgency of the situation in the Sunday filing. “Ballots have already begun to be mailed in North Carolina, and more states will begin the mailing process as the injunction remains in place – including Alabama on September 9 and at least five states the week of September 13,” Sauer stated. Trump has historically called mail-in voting a fraud scheme He went on to emphasize the logistical concerns, noting, “Once those ballot envelopes enter the mailstream, there is no retrieving them. And while the injunction allows the Postal Service and the states to continue taking steps to ensure that their envelopes satisfy the rule’s requirements … each day the injunction is in place risks sowing confusion and chaos because the injunction makes those preparatory steps voluntary, rather than mandatory.” Breaking News: The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court again to allow mail-in voting restrictions, setting up a legal showdown before the midterms. https://t.co/9T0UfsfZxb— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 6, 2026 The executive order in question was signed by President Trump in March. It would prohibit the US Postal Service from delivering ballots to any voters who are not on a federal list of citizens deemed eligible to vote in each state by the Department of Homeland Security. Essentially, this would limit ballot delivery to only those voters on approved lists. The administration has defended these plans as “commonsense measures” intended to protect voting security. They have further described the current order blocking these plans as “unreasoned and unlawful”. If the court injunctions are eventually lifted, the US Postal Service says it is ready to implement these new restrictions. This would require states to provide the postal service with names and barcodes tied to mail-in ballots for federal elections. However, state election officials have argued that there simply is not enough time to overhaul their systems to meet these new federal directives. Democratic states and various voting rights groups are also pushing back, arguing that the ordered changes are unconstitutional. This situation is particularly significant because control of Congress is on the line, and nearly one-third of US voters cast their ballots by mail. While President Trump has repeatedly sought to restrict voting by mail, he has also used the method himself in the past. He has also promoted claims of fraud regarding mail balloting in the 2020 election, blaming the method for his loss to Joe Biden.