The White House should keep developing mail-ballot security technology during appeals

American campaigns and voting, from primaries and general elections to the candidates, money and rules that decide them. Covers federal, state and local contests, the machinery of casting and counting ballots, and the disputes over access that follow almost every cycle.

Ballots distributed and returned by post, covering absentee rules, eligibility, deadlines, signature verification and how election officials process them. Expanded sharply during the 2020 pandemic and contested ever since, making it one of the sharpest partisan divides in election administration.

At issue is whether the Postal Service can require states to submit voter lists and approved ballot envelopes before it delivers mail ballots. Judge Indira Talwani has blocked the rule repeatedly since June, and the administration wants the Supreme Court to clear it while states are already mailing ballots.