Supreme court rejects Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for midterm elections

The US Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's attempt to restrict mail ballots for the upcoming midterm elections, declining to lift a lower court's block and allowing states to continue using established processes over two dissents.

• The US Supreme Court rejected Trump administration mail ballot restrictions.
• States are permitted to continue sending out mail ballots under long-standing processes.
• The Supreme Court refused to clear the way for the administration's mail-in voting plan.
• Two conservative justices dissented from the high court's decision.