Solicitor: Supreme Court ruling means USPS rule changes won't affect fall election

Sep 22, 2026

The board's solicitor summarized litigation over proposed U.S. Postal Service rules and said the Supreme Court ruled those proposed USPS changes cannot take effect for the fall election; staff reiterated that drop boxes remain the most direct method to return ballots before the 8 p.m. deadline.

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Mr. Parks, the board solicitor, summarized recent legal developments about proposed U.S. Postal Service rule changes and their relationship to a presidential executive order. He said parties challenged the proposed USPS rules and the matter reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which issued a decision preventing the rule changes from taking effect for the upcoming fall election.

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