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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Supreme Court opened a path Monday for possible implementation of President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be put in place before the fast-approaching midterm elections.<\/p>\n

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The decision leaves room for additional court challenges that could further slow Trump\u2019s order, and other similar cases have already been filed. The U.S. Postal Service\u00a0laid out how it would implement the order\u00a0last week, but time is running short to impose major changes. North Carolina is sending out ballots Sept. 4 overseas and to military voters, and other states will quickly follow suit in just a few weeks.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court\u2019s conservative majority didn\u2019t decide the legality of Trump\u2019s order, instead ruling that states who sued did not have the legal right to challenge it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are 71 days away from Election Day and the Supreme Court is giving too wide a berth to an administration that clearly intends to engage in electoral mischief and block citizens\u2019 freedom to vote,\u201d Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement Monday. \u201cThis is no time to create chaos and uncertainty with unconstitutional election rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cColorado relies on mail ballots, and I will use every legal tool I have to prevent the federal government from implementing any unlawful actions arising from the president\u2019s unconstitutional executive order.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, in a separate statement, expressed disappointment that \u201cthe Supreme Court\u2019s conservative majority did not stop the Trump administration\u2019s attempt to exert federal control over state-run elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cColorado and other states across the country will fight back.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While the emergency order is not final, it does have the potential to create chaos around voting across the country, with Trump often questioning the integrity of elections and the nation\u2019s highest court again the possible arbiter of a political controversy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court\u2019s disposition of this application does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful. On that score, time will tell,\u201d the majority wrote in an unsigned order.<\/p>\n

The three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing that the rule \u201clets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our precedents have been steadily creating for certain plaintiffs who seek to bring election-related challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York Attorney General Letitia James foreshadowed more legal fights ahead, calling the decision a \u201cpainful setback\u201d but vowing it would \u201cnot be the final word.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The court\u2019s order opens a path for the administration to begin action to restrict mail voting, but it also could lead to further litigation that could freeze the federal government again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just the first inning of a very fast nine-inning game,\u201d said Derek Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame University.<\/p>\n

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Mail balloting has long been a\u00a0favorite target\u00a0for Trump, who has claimed that it breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and his own use of\u00a0the voting method.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s executive order, signed in March, calls on his administration to create lists of eligible voters and orders the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on those lists. New requirements released Friday would forbid the Postal Service from sending mail ballots from any state that does not comply with Trump\u2019s order.<\/p>\n

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A Postal Service spokesperson did not immediately respond messages seeking comment. The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.<\/p>\n

Democratic officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia sued to block the order. They argued that the Constitution gives states and Congress the power to run elections, and Trump\u2019s changes could lead to chaos and partisan abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe consequences of allowing such transformative changes to take effect so close to this fall\u2019s elections would be extreme,\u201d attorneys for the states wrote. Dozens of state and local election officials weighed in, asking the justices to leave the order frozen while election preparations are already underway.<\/p>\n

A judge in Massachusetts\u00a0blocked the plan\u00a0for the midterm elections in those states. An appeals court upheld her decision. She later granted a second order\u00a0blocking it nationwide, another remaining stumbling block for Trump administration.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department appealed to the Supreme Court on procedural grounds in late July, arguing that the states sued too soon. They also pointed to another ruling out of Washington, where a judge allowed Trump\u2019s order to proceed. An appeals court backed that decision, while still leaving room for future court action if the changes are implemented.<\/p>\n

Federal attorneys argued that the Massachusetts order \u201cblocks the government\u2019s ability to finalize and implement the President\u2019s proposed policies to promote election integrity for the upcoming federal elections in November.\u201d<\/p>\n

A dozen Republican-leaning states supported the federal government in their own appeal before the high court, saying states would have input on the final voter lists.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court has previously ruled against Trump-backed arguments on mail-in ballots, finding in June that states can count ballots that arrive after Election Day. That case was decided after full briefing and arguments, rather than on the court\u2019s emergency docket.<\/p>\n

Trump has blamed mail voting \u2014 without credible evidence \u2014 for his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. He has promoted the proposed changes in his executive order as safeguards to keep non-U.S. citizens from voting.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also repeatedly pressed for the passage of the legislation that requires proof of citizenship to vote. Noncitizen voting has been shown to be exceedingly rare, and is a felony that can be punishable by deportation.<\/p>\n

Using mail ballots has become increasingly popular with voters of both parties, with about 30% of all ballots cast that way during the 2024 presidential election, according to federal data. The process also is secure. A 2025 Brookings Institution study found only about four cases of fraud out of every 10 million mail ballots cast.<\/p>\n

David Becker, a former justice department lawyer who co-wrote a book debunking Trump\u2019s 2020 election lies, said the high court created \u201cpure chaos leading up to the midterm elections, waiting weeks after an administration filing, and just days before mail ballots go out, to completely rewrite the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

Associated Press writer John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas contributed to this story. Riccardi reported from Denver.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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