2026年9月6日 美国东部时间11:25 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
特朗普政府再次请求最高法院介入其在中期选举前限制邮寄选票的争端。
此次提交上诉申请的时间是美国地区法院法官英迪拉·塔尔瓦尼延长一项禁止美国邮政总局执行特朗普总统针对11月选举的行政命令的命令仅两天之后。
“北卡罗来纳州的选票已经开始邮寄，而随着禁令继续生效，更多州将启动邮寄程序——包括9月9日的阿拉巴马州，以及至少五个将于9月13日当周启动邮寄的州，”副检察长约翰·绍尔在上诉文件中表示。“一旦这些选票信封进入邮寄流程，就无法召回。尽管该禁令允许邮政总局和各州继续采取措施确保其信封符合相关规则的要求……但禁令持续的每一天都有可能引发混乱和无序，因为禁令将这些准备步骤定为自愿而非强制。”
此次上诉是本届政府第三次请求最高法院介入。最高法院已允许该计划推进，但未就其合法性作出裁决。
这场争端可能对今年的选举产生重大影响，目前国会的控制权悬而未决。美国近三分之一的选民通过邮寄方式投票。
民主党州政府和投票权组织称这些修改违宪。选举官员辩称，没有足够时间修改其系统以遵守新的邮政服务指令，包括独特条形码要求，也无法按时向在线门户提交将通过邮寄投票的选民信息，包括他们的姓名、地址和个性化条形码。
但州和地方选举官员对在11月3日中期选举前夕如此短的时间内完成合规要求表示担忧。他们在法庭文件中表示，选票信封已经订购并印刷完毕。
特朗普政府将这些限制措施描述为在其监管邮政权限范围内的合理调整。
“简言之，解决受访者所称无法遵守该规则的担忧的最佳方式，是立即批准对该命令的行政暂缓执行，随后在进一步审查前全面暂缓执行，”绍尔说道。“这将消除地区法院给该规则蒙上的不当不确定性阴云，向所有相关方明确，遵守该规则并非可选，必须立即启动。”
特朗普长期以来一直试图限制邮寄投票，尽管他本人也经常通过该方式投票。他曾毫无根据地将自己2020年选举输给民主党人乔·拜登归咎于邮寄投票，大肆传播毫无依据的欺诈指控。但迄今为止，他未能改变这一长期存在的投票程序。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-weigh-in-on-mail-in-ballots/
特朗普政府请求最高法院就邮寄选票问题介入
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Trump administration makes another Supreme Court appeal on mail ballot fight
September 6, 2026 11:25 AM EDT / CBS/AP
The Trump administration has once again asked the Supreme Court to intervene in its fight to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
The filing on Sunday comes just two days after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the U.S. Postal Service enforcing President Trump’s executive order for the November elections.
“Ballots have already begun to be mailed in North Carolina, and more States will begin the mailing process as the injunction remains in place — including Alabama on September 9 and at least five States the week of September 13,” Solicitor General John Sauer said in the filing. “Once those ballot envelopes enter the mailstream, there is no retrieving them. And while the injunction allows the Postal Service and the States to continue taking steps to ensure that their envelopes satisfy the Rule’s requirements … each day the injunction is in place risks sowing confusion and chaos because the injunction makes those preparatory steps voluntary, rather than mandatory.”
The appeal marks the third time the administration has asked the high court to intervene. The high court has allowed the plan to move forward but not ruled on whether it is legal.
The battle could have major ramifications for this year’s elections, when control of Congress is at stake. Nearly one-third of voters in the U.S. cast mail ballots.
Democratic states and voting rights groups say the changes are unconstitutional. Election officials contend there isn’t enough time to revise their systems to comply with the new Postal Service directives, including unique barcodes, and to submit to an online portal information about residents who will vote by mail, including their names, addresses and the individualized barcodes.
But state and local election officials have raised concerns about their ability to comply with the requirements so soon before the Nov. 3 midterms. They said in court filings that ballot envelopes have already been ordered and printed.
The Trump administration has framed the restrictions as commonsense changes that are within its power to regulate the mail.
“Simply put, the best way to address respondents’ fears about inability to comply with the Rule is to grant an immediate administrative stay of the order, followed by a full stay pending further review,” Sauer said. “That will remove the improper cloud of uncertainty that the district court has cast over the Rule, making clear to all involved that compliance with the Rule is not optional and must start without further delay.”
Mr. Trump has long sought to limit mail voting, even though he himself often uses that method to cast his own ballot. He has falsely blamed mail balloting for his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, spreading baseless claims of fraud. But so far, he has been unable to change the longstanding voting procedure.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-weigh-in-on-mail-in-ballots/
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to weigh in on mail-in ballots
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