{"id":1587,"date":"2026-06-30T02:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/06\/30\/us-supreme-court-rejects-trump-mail-ballot-challenge\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T02:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T02:01:09","slug":"us-supreme-court-rejects-trump-mail-ballot-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1587","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The decision comes ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, which will determine whether Republicans retain control of Congress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The US Supreme Court on Monday narrowly rejected a challenge backed by President Donald Trump seeking to tighten mail-in ballot deadlines ahead of this year\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a 5-4 ruling, the court upheld a Mississippi law allowing ballots postmarked by election day to be counted if they arrive within five days.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe election-day statutes require the electorate\u2019s choice to be made on Election Day. That occurs so long as Election Day is the deadline for individuals to vote \u2013 as it is in Mississippi,\u201d<\/em> Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Samuel Alito, writing in dissent, argued that counting ballots received after Election Day <em>\u201ceffectively postpones the date on which the electorate\u2019s choice is made, and federal law precludes that postponement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Responding on Truth Social, Trump called the ruling a <em>\u201ctremendous loss\u201d<\/em> for voters\u2019 rights and renewed his call for Congress to pass the Save America Act.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EAth4JGj5i\">pic.twitter.com\/EAth4JGj5i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2071611465031704806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The proposed legislation would require voters to present photo identification and proof of citizenship and would sharply restrict mail-in voting.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2026.06\/thumbnail\/6a25bd3120302728887ca6f3.jpg\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump speaks with \u2018Meet the Press\u2019 host Kristen Welker, Wisconsin, June 6.\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/641153-trump-storms-out-interview-crooked-press\/\">\u2018You are either crooked or stupid\u2019 \u2013 Trump to NBC host (VIDEO)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is only one reason to oppose \u2013 CHEATING!\u201d<\/em> Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long pushed to tighten US election laws, claiming that widespread voter fraud cost him the 2020 presidential election against Joe Biden. Election rules vary widely across the US, with some states allowing voters to cast ballots without presenting photo identification or proof of citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats and voting rights groups have argued that Trump\u2019s proposals would make it harder for eligible Americans to vote, particularly minorities, low-income voters, and the elderly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision comes ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, which will determine whether Republicans retain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}