Scope: Federal
Branch: Executive
Severity: Amber
Date occurred: March 31, 2026
Phase: Mar-Aug 2026
Trump signed an order directing DHS to compile state citizenship lists and barring USPS from transmitting mail ballots to voters not on those lists. Twenty-three states sued. A district judge barred implementation for the November 2026 elections; a divided 1st Circuit panel declined to stay her order, while the D.C. Circuit reached the opposite conclusion in related rulings.
Sources
- Washington Examiner
- The Daily Record
- Votebeat
- SCOTUSblog
- Fox News