The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a major setback to the Trump administration, blocking its plan to impose sweeping new restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of November’s midterm elections.
The decision is a significant victory for Democratic-led states and voting-rights groups, which challenged the measures as an unconstitutional attempt to interfere with the way states administer elections.
The ruling also represents a blow to President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly questioned the integrity of mail-in voting and pushed for tighter controls, despite the absence of evidence supporting widespread fraud claims.
With the midterms approaching, the decision allows states to maintain their existing systems for distributing and processing mail ballots, preventing the administration from introducing the proposed changes at a critical stage of the electoral process.
