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• Missouri Supreme Court rejected Secretary of State's attempt to block ballot measure on primary election day — The Missouri Supreme Court rejected Secretary of State Hoskins' argument for blocking a ballot measure on redistricting on the day of the primary election. Hoskins had delayed his decision for months, apparently betting that if he waited until primary day, the court would not disrupt the election process. The seven justices, five of whom are GOP appointees, stood firm and allowed the ballot measure to proceed.

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• U.S. Supreme Court blocked federal judge's ruling reviving gerrymandered districts — The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a ruling by U.S. District Judge Stephen Clark (a Trump appointee) that had revived a gerrymandered congressional map in Missouri. The Supreme Court's intervention prevented the federal courts from overriding state law and a state supreme court decision protecting voter-approved redistricting protections. The Court referred the matter back to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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• US appeals court rejects Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting — The Boston-based First US Circuit Court of Appeals declined to stay a lower court injunction that blocked the USPS from implementing Trump's March executive order restricting mail-in voting. The three-judge panel, all Biden appointees, ruled that Trump lacks authority to regulate states' election policy and that the lower court did not err in finding the rule likely unlawful. The decision prevents the administration from tightening postal voting rules before November's midterm elections.

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• Trump administration proposes citizenship question on census and eliminates race/ethnicity data collection — The Trump administration issued a new proposal to add a citizenship question to the U.S. Census questionnaire and bar the Census Bureau from collecting race and ethnicity data despite the nation collecting such demographics since 1790. The citizenship question could exclude millions of people from the census count, affecting congressional apportionment, electoral district mapping, and federal funding allocation to states. The move directly contradicts the 14th Amendment's requirement to count all people living in the United States.

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• DOJ solicitor general appeals mail voting injunction to Supreme Court — John Sauer, the DOJ's solicitor general, filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court on September 6 seeking to lift Judge Talwani's permanent injunction and permit Trump's USPS rules restricting mail voting to take effect. Sauer argued the freeze would cause "serious, irreparable harm" and claimed the order merely imposes "reasonable preparation requirements" rather than seizing control of state election administration, contradicting the judge's findings.
• Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court to restrict mail-in voting ahead of midterms — The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal to the US Supreme Court on Sunday seeking to overturn a federal judge's injunction blocking enforcement of an executive order restricting mail-in voting. US District Judge Indira Talwani had extended the court order on Friday preventing the USPS from enforcing Trump's March executive order, which would limit ballot delivery to voters on a federal DHS-approved list. Solicitor General John Sauer argued that ballots already mailing in multiple states risked "confusion and chaos" if the injunction remained in place. This marks the third Supreme Court appeal on the matter.

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• Federal judge extends preliminary injunction blocking Trump mail-in voting executive order — US District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump's March 2026 executive order restricting mail-in voting. The order would have created a nationwide verified voter list and limited ballot delivery to those on the list. Talwani cited the tight election timeline and risk of disenfranchisement, noting states cannot pivot ballot-mailing procedures weeks before the November midterms. The Trump administration immediately appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court.