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Supreme Court blocks Trump administration plan to screen mail-in ballots

“That sound you hear is the collective sigh of relief from election officials around the country,” Deidre Henderson wrote on social media.

FILE — Mail-in ballots are processed at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 8, 2022. As the Supreme Court weighs the legality of a Trump administration plan to change mail-in balloting, a second lower court judge ruled overnight on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, that the plan is likely illegal and should be blocked before the November election. (Alisha Jucevic/The New York Times)

FILE — Mail-in ballots are processed at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 8, 2022. As the Supreme Court weighs the legality of a Trump administration plan to change mail-in balloting, a second lower court judge ruled overnight on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, that the plan is likely illegal and should be blocked before the November election. (Alisha Jucevic/The New York Times)

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