The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court for the third time to intervene to impose new rules on mail-in voting, at a time when several states have already begun sending ballots to voters. This is the administration's third attempt to change mail-in voting procedures before the November midterm elections.
Election officials have warned of the risk of confusion that these changes could cause, at a time when the mail-in voting process is already underway in several states across the country. Mail-in voting is used by about one-third of American voters.
The battle over mail-in voting arises in a context of political tension around the electoral process, with the issue potentially having significant weight in the November midterm elections, which are only two months away. The Supreme Court will now have to decide whether to accept or not to intervene in the process.
