Voter Suppression

Trump administration takes USPS mail-in ballot fight to Supreme Court

The USPS regulation would impose new voter-specific data and ballot envelope standards and potentially refuse the delivery of ballots that do not comply.

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A United States Postal Service (USPS) mail delivery truck is seen in Queens, New York City.
Members of the Likud party gather at a polling station for the primary elections of their party ahead of the country’s national elections, in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026.

Israeli citizens abroad push to gain voting rights for upcoming elections

Israelis whom the government classifies as nonresidents are assigned a designation known as "Code 51" and removed from the voter registry, even though they retain their citizenship.

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U.S. postal service trucks sit parked at the post office in Del Mar, California

Judge blocks Trump-backed USPS mail-voting rules ahead of November elections

During the 2024 election, the USPS says it processed nearly 100 million ballots, and about 30% of voters nationwide cast ballots by mail, according to the states.

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El Al plane takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 4, 2026; Illustrative.

Likud Party threatens Central Elections Committee petition over Fly&Vote initiative

Likud is seeking the data and documents underlying the initiative's activities within five days, saying the material is needed to determine whether further legal action is warranted.

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Driving democracy to the ground: Don't make it harder for Israelis abroad to vote – opinion

If Diaspora Jews are called back to serve in the IDF when war breaks out, the same logic should apply when Israeli elections near – they should return to vote for their country

AUGUST 4, 2026ByJOSH DRILL
A man casts his vote in the Israeli general elections, at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022.

US federal appeals court rules US President Donald Trump cannot implement mail-in voting order

The Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration's request to lift an injunction several Democratic-led states secured on June 25 from a lower-court judge.

JULY 26, 2026ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs for Dover, Delaware, to attend the dignified transfer of US Army service members killed in Jordan and Iraq, July 22, 2026

The right to vote should not depend on IDF service - opinion

Voting is not a privilege to be earned; it is a fundamental right of citizenship. 

OCTOBER 30, 2025ByDANIEL GOLDMAN
Israel heads to another round of elections on November 1.

Washington, Oregon ballot boxes damaged, FBI actively investigating the incident - report

The use of "incendiary devices" in both attacks is what connects the two incidents, officials believe.

OCTOBER 28, 2024ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A poll worker drops in drive through ballots into a ballot box in San Diego, California, US, March 3, 2020.

Concerns rise for journalistic freedoms in Pakistan after reporters summoned for defaming judiciary

The US State Department recently expressed its concerns over the restrictions on freedom of expression in Pakistan.

JANUARY 31, 2024ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
Islamabad skyline with Rawal Lake.

Trump charged in US special counsel probe in efforts to overturn 2020 election

Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted due to his efforts to overturn his 2020 US election defeat.

AUGUST 1, 2023ByREUTERS
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as he holds a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, US, July 29, 2023.

Brazil's Bolsonaro files complaint challenging results of election defeat

The outgoing Brazilian president's complaint sought "extraordinary verification" of the results, CNN Brasil reported.

NOVEMBER 22, 2022ByREUTERS
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony to mark 1000 days in government at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil September 27, 2021.

Ultra-Orthodox extremists spray polling station in Ramat Beit Shemesh with noxious liquid

Allegedly, ultra-Orthodox extremists who oppose the elections entered the school building overnight and spilled the substance with a pungent smell in the area.

NOVEMBER 1, 2022ByGADI ZAIG
Workers prepare ballot boxes for the upcoming Israeli elections, at the central elections committee warehouse in Shoham, before they are shipped to polling stations, October 12, 2022.

Brazil: Lula wins Brazilian election, Bolsonaro has not conceded

The leftist former president overtook far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the dying moments of the bitterly-fought elections.

OCTOBER 30, 2022ByREUTERS
Supporters of Brazil's former President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, react as they wait for the results of the Brazilian presidential election run-off, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 30, 2022.

Mike Lindell says God endorses his pursuit of election-fraud claims

The Christian Evangelical has also said he beileves God chose Trump to be president.

APRIL 29, 2022ByREUTERS
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, one of the nation’s most prominent Trump backers, poses for a selfie at the conservative CPAC conference in Orlando, Florida on February 24, 2022.