The portal for submitting lists of people eligible to vote by mail is not currently operational.
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The Lawfare PodcastSep 14, 2026
As of 2026-09-14, the Federal Ballot Mail Portal for submitting voter lists was not operational. ABC7 (Sept 3) reported the portal apparently still inactive, and the USPS statement (dated Sept 1) said the portal was still being finalized and would soon be made available, while AP (Sept 28) reported work on it had stopped after the Supreme Court ruling.
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… And so, in any case, I think that it is pretty easy. So that's, I mean, that's one example. I should give more examples. So there's that. There's the fact that the government was not able so this portal still isn't operational. That's supposed to, like, affect this whole rule, and the government didn't contest the claim that, because the portal isn't working, if the Supreme Court grants a stay, then it will just have to not accept mail ballots from any states, because there is no …
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Supports. ABC7 (Sept 3, 2026) reported the online portal was apparently still inactive, and the government could not confirm to the court that the system was operational.[3]
Supports. A USPS statement dated Sept 1, 2026 said the portal was still being finalized and would soon be made available to election officials who voluntarily wished to use it, with verification procedures not being performed.[4]
Supports. AP reported (Sept 28, 2026) that after the Supreme Court rejected the effort, work had stopped on the government portal for voter rolls, which is consistent with it not being operational in mid-September.[1]
Context. The Federal Register rule states the Portal would become active only upon publication of the system of records, which was to occur on or after Aug 17, 2026 and was pending comment review.[2]
Context. A Reuters story from Nov 2, 2026 says USPS launched a portal at electionmail.org for local officials' ballot questions; this is a different portal and does not contradict the September status of the voter-list portal.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 3 not rated
- 1Trump mail voting crackdown tests David Steiner's ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 22026-17238.xmlfederalregister.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections loomingabc7.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4USPS Statement on Development of U.S. Federal Ballot Mail ...about.usps.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Inside the US Postal Service sprint to deliver millions of ballots by Tuesdayrmb.reuters.com · not rated · cited for: context
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