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United States Postal Service v. California; Trump v. League of Women Voters of Massachusetts
Why It Matters
The Trump administration’s attacks on mail ballots are not just bad for democracy. They’re particularly dangerous for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, who would be forced to choose between exercising their right to vote and their personal safety and security. We’re standing up for them before the Supreme Court.
Summary
On September 10, 2026, the National Women’s Law Center and a coalition of organizations working to eliminate domestic and sexual violence, including members of the Survivor Justice Network, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of challenges to regulations implemented by the U.S. Postal Service and the Trump administration to undermine mail ballots prior to the 2026 midterm election. Democracy Forward provided representation for this matter.
The brief explains that these regulations would disenfranchise or hamper the ability to vote of hundreds of thousands of survivors of domestic and sexual violence. Because there is no allowance in the regulations for survivors participating in state-run address confidentiality programs (ACPs), survivors would need to choose between their personal safety and their ability to vote. Further, because survivors of domestic and sexual violence may need to move quickly due to safety and privacy concerns, the timelines and the hasty implementation of this regulation are more likely to result in their disenfranchisement.
