U.S. midterm elections 2026: Mail-in voting is an established approach in U.S elections. The guidelines for requesting, completing and returning a ballot are different from state to state. As the 2026 midterm elections nears, voters are also following a legal dispute in the new U.S. Postal Service requirements for mail ballots.
The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place a lower-court order blocking the Trump administration’s new Postal Service requirements for mail-in voting in the 2026 midterm elections. The administration had sought to have the guidelines in effect before the November election, but the court declined to permit the change.
