AFPI Responds to Supreme Court Ruling Denying Emergency Relief to Lift Block on Mail-In Ballot Rule

WASHINGTON, D.C.— The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s denial of emergency relief from a nationwide injunction regarding the new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail-in ballot rule.

“Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling denying relief from a district court nationwide injunction is an example of obstructive lawfare on the part of the Left as it pertains to the 2026 midterm elections, but it was not a ruling on the merits, and the Administration should continue to press its case in court to ensure that election mail operates with meaningful safeguards, transparency, and accountability,” said Ken Blackwell, AFPI’s chair of Election Security. “As noted by Justice Kavanaugh, who concurred with the ruling, ‘there is at least a fair prospect that the final rule falls within the Postal Service’s statutory authority’. While California and other states managed to run out the clock and relief was not granted due to the proximity to the election, the fight continues to ensure that Americans do not have to choose between accessible mail voting and secure elections.”

The America First Policy Institute will continue to make the case for common sense election security policy changes to ensure that ballot mail matches the information supplied by state election officials and that every lawful vote is accounted for.

See here for AFPI’s comment submitted in support of the USPS rule.