On Tuesday, @lulacorg.bsky.social led the second complaint to the Postal Regulatory Commission claiming the U.S. Postal Service must request an advisory opinion from the PRC before changing ballot mail rules in response to President Trump's order to restrict mail-in voting for this fall's midterms

Today is the start of the "quiet period" before the midterm election, a longstanding legal protection for eligible voters. Forty-four states, plus Washington, D.C., are banned from doing mass purges of voter rolls within 90 days of a federal election under the 1993 National Voter Registration Act

A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it

There's a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day. Republicans are pushing courts to reinterpret that longstanding protection for eligible voters.

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NEW: The wait for a Supreme Court ruling on President Trump's mail-in voting order continues as the Trump administration files another legal brief supporting its emergency request for the court to clear the way for it to try to finish carrying out key directives in time for the midterm election

NEW: The Trump administration's recent banning of a data privacy protection technique that the Census Bureau used for decades has delayed the release of one-year estimates from the American Community Survey, which many local community leaders and researchers rely on www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...

On July 22, @gao.gov called on the Census Bureau's parent agency, the Commerce Department, to prioritize improving planning for the #2030Census and protecting personally identifiable information it collects from people www.gao.gov/products/gao...

U.S. GAO - Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Commerce

What GAO Found In May 2025, GAO identified eight priority recommendations for the Department of Commerce (Commerce). Since then, Commerce has...

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NEW: 23 mainly Democratic-led states, plus Washington, D.C., filed their response to President Trump's request for the Supreme Court to clear the way for the administration to try to finish carrying out an executive order to restrict mail voting for the midterms. The watch for a SCOTUS order begins

Primary voter registrations are due for eligible voters in these states: TODAY (Mon, 8/3) — WYOMING — mail (8/18 in-person) Mon, 8/10 — CONNECTICUT — in-person Mon, 8/10 — RHODE ISLAND Sat, 8/22 — DELAWARE Sat, 8/22 — MASSACHUSETTS Wed, 8/26 — NEW HAMPSHIRE — mail (9/8 in-person) npr.org/vote

How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

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NEW: Postmaster General David Steiner tells senators a bill requiring new ZIP codes for 75 communities could cost $1 billion and worsen service. Steiner adds another bill that ties bonuses for USPS heads to the agency meeting on-time delivery goals could make it harder to attract qualified leaders

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR THE PRIMARIES Mon, 8/3 — WYOMING — mail (8/18 in-person) Mon, 8/10 — CONNECTICUT — in-person Mon, 8/10 — RHODE ISLAND Sat, 8/22 — DELAWARE Sat, 8/22 — MASSACHUSETTS Wed, 8/26 — NEW HAMPSHIRE — mail (9/8 in-person) More at npr.org/vote

How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

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NEW: The U.S. Postal Service did not meet its own performance goals in fiscal year 2025, according to the Postal Regulatory Commission, an independent federal agency that oversees USPS prc.arkcase.com/api/prc-dock...

NEW: The Trump administration’s slashing of the federal workforce has hurt the ability of the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to keep producing reliable data about the U.S. population and economy, an @amstatnews.bsky.social report finds www.amstat.org/docs/default...

NEW: The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for it to carry out President Trump’s executive order to limit voting by mail before the midterm election www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Trump v. California - 2026-07-27 Application for a Stay (26A124)

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NEW: The law firm co-founded by Stephen Miller, President Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, is appealing to the Supreme Court a three-judge court’s ruling that dismissed its latest attempt to force the Census Bureau to release revised 2020 census results www.courtlistener.com/docket/71353...

Notice of Appeal – #115 in University of South Florida College Republicans v. Lutnick (M.D. Fla., 8:25-cv-02486) – CourtListener.com

Notice of Appeal

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On Tuesday, a federal court dismissed the latest attempt by the law firm co-founded by Stephen Miller, President Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, to force the Census Bureau to release revised 2020 census results www.courtlistener.com/docket/71353...

Order on Motion to Dismiss – #111 in University of South Florida College Republicans v. Lutnick (M.D. Fla., 8:25-cv-02486) – CourtListener.com

ORDER granting 96 Motion to Dismiss With Prejudice. Signed by Judge William F. Jung on 7/7/2026. (Jung, William) (Entered: 07/07/2026)

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Eligible voters, time is running out for registering to vote in these primaries: Tue, 7/7 — TENNESSEE Wed, 7/8 — MISSOURI Fri, 7/10 — GUAM — online (7/17 in-person) Tue, 7/14 — KANSAS Sun, 7/19 — ALASKA Mon, 7/20 — FLORIDA Mon, 7/20 — MICHIGAN — online, mail (8/4 in-person) npr.org/vote

How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

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VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINES FOR THE PRIMARIES Tue, 7/7 — TENNESSEE Wed, 7/8 — MISSOURI Fri, 7/10 — GUAM — online (7/17 in-person) Tue, 7/14 — KANSAS Sun, 7/19 — ALASKA Mon, 7/20 — FLORIDA Mon, 7/20 — MICHIGAN — online, mail (8/4 in-person) More at npr.org/vote

How to register to vote and check your registration status

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

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My updated @npr.org story: The Trump administration is appealing a court ruling that has blocked parts of the president’s order to restrict voting by mail. The ruling applies to 23 Democratic-led states, plus Washington, D.C. www.npr.org/2026/06/25/n...

Trump appeals a ruling that blocks parts of his order to restrict voting by mail

The Trump administration is appealing a court ruling that has blocked parts of the president's order to restrict voting by mail. The ruling applies to 23 Democratic-led states, plus Washington, D.C.

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NEW: The Trump administration is appealing a court ruling that found key parts of President Trump’s executive order on voting by mail to be unconstitutional www.courtlistener.com/docket/73141...

Notice of Appeal – #192 in State of California v. Trump (D. Mass., 1:26-cv-11581) – CourtListener.com

NOTICE OF APPEAL as to [191] Memorandum & ORDER,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, by Frank Bisignano, Todd Blanche, Derek T Kan, Amber McReynolds, Markwayne Mullin, David Steiner, Ronald Stroman, Daniel Tangherli...

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My updated @npr.org story: A second federal judge has blocked a U.S. Postal Service proposal responding to President Trump's executive order to limit voting by mail. The Trump administration is expected to appeal www.npr.org/2026/06/25/n...

Federal judges block key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail

A second federal judge has blocked a U.S. Postal Service proposal responding to President Trump's executive order to limit voting by mail. The Trump administration is expected to appeal.

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BREAKING: A second federal judge blocks the U.S. Postal Service's proposed rules responding to President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan found USPS' proposal violates a 2021 settlement agreement requiring “timely” delivery of mail for national elections

#182 in NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (D.D.C., 1:20-cv-02295) – CourtListener.com

MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 7/1/2026. (lcegs1) (Entered: 07/01/2026)

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NEW: Delaware and New Jersey lawmakers have passed state-level voting rights acts that are now waiting for governors’ signatures, two months after the U.S. Supreme Court further weakened the federal Voting Rights Act DE: legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?L... NJ: www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...

My latest @npr.org story: There’s a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day. Republicans are pushing courts to reinterpret that longstanding protection for eligible voters www.npr.org/2026/07/01/n...

A federal law bans late voter roll purges. Republicans are pushing to reinterpret it

There's a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day. Republicans are pushing courts to reinterpret that longstanding protection for eligible voters.

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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld grace periods for mail-in ballots, @ashleynpr.bsky.social reports www.npr.org/2026/06/29/n...

The Supreme Court upholds grace periods for mail-in ballots, siding against the GOP

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Mississippi law that allows election officials to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days after it.

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NEW: The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the Trump administration to weigh in on a lower court ruling that found it violates the Constitution to not count Pennsylvania mail ballots that arrive on time but are missing handwritten dates on their envelopes www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

NEW: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an Arizona-based case about the scope of the National Voter Registration Act's longstanding ban on mass voter roll purges within 90 days before Election Day, among other issues www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

NEW: Trump admin has started an internal review process for proposed #2030Census rules that may end a lawsuit by Missouri, which seeks to exclude residents w no legal status & those w nonimmigrant visas from census results that 14th Amendment says must include “whole number of persons in each state"

#74 in State of Missouri v. United States Department of Commerce (E.D. Mo., 4:26-cv-00131) – CourtListener.com

MOTION to Stay by Defendants George Cook, Howard Lutnick, United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order Extending MTD Deadl...

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BREAKING: A federal judge in Boston has blocked parts of President Trump’s executive order that calls for restricting voting by mail. An appeal is expected from the Trump administration www.courtlistener.com/docket/73141...

Memorandum & ORDER – #191 in State of California v. Trump (D. Mass., 1:26-cv-11581) – CourtListener.com

Judge Indira Talwani: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER entered.

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My latest @npr.org story: The U.S. Postal Service is no longer set to be out of cash in 2027, the agency’s head says. But its finances remain shaky as Trump officials keep putting it in political hot water www.npr.org/2026/06/24/n...

Postal Service says its cash crisis is delayed until at least 2031, but problems loom

The U.S. Postal Service is no longer set to be out of cash in 2027, the agency's head says. But its finances remain shaky as Trump officials keep putting it in political hot water.

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NEW: Asked by Democratic Sen. @peters.senate.gov whether the U.S. Postal Service would mail the ballots of a state that refuses to turn over its absentee voter list to the federal government, as President Trump's order calls for, USPS head David Steiner says, “Under our proposed regulation, no"

Reforming the U.S. Postal Service’s Broken Business Model - Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs

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BREAKING: The U.S. Postal Service now projects it may run out of cash sometime between 2031 and 2034, not next year, Postmaster General David Steiner tells Congress, warning that finances at the self-funded mailing agency remain shaky about.usps.com/newsroom/tes...