Mail and the Midterms: Send Us Your Questions
What do you want to know about the shifting rules on mail ballots, changes at the USPS, and how this could all affect elections this year?
| July 6, 2026
As the midterms draw closer, President Trump and his allies on the right have increased their attacks on mail voting while continuing to falsely claim that it is rife with fraud.
Voting advocates are now warning about disruptive new policies announced by the U.S. Postal Service and the Trump administration, including changes to how mail is postmarked, and an executive order this spring attempting to give the USPS sweeping new authority over who can even vote by mail. That executive order has been blocked, for now.
Mail voting has also become a major battleground in states, as a barrage of GOP laws restricts access to mail ballots and drop boxes, and bans voters from receiving assistance.
But in late June, mail voting got a surprise reprieve when the Supreme Court upheld grace periods that allow election officials to count ballots that were postmarked by Election Day but arrive later. Conservatives have seized on the time it takes some states to count all ballots to amplify baseless allegations of fraud, most recently in the California primaries.
We suspect this has left you with a lot of questions—including about what it means for your own access to mail voting.
So we want to hear from you. Let us know what’s been on your mind and we will research and answer many of your queries in our next edition of “Ask Bolts.”
What questions do you have about the USPS’s latest policies and what it might mean for you? Do you have questions about how mail ballots are counted—why that process can be so slow, and what reforms are on the table? Are you curious which states provide the most restrictive or expansive access to mail voting?
Share your questions with us in the form below by noon ET on Friday, July 17. And remember: all questions are welcome. Nothing is too in the weeds for Bolts!
