The U.S. Postal Service has stopped work on a computer system connected to an executive-order effort to change how mail voting is administered, Postmaster General David Steiner said. The Associated Press reported that the underlying order had been blocked by the courts.
The planned system was intended to support verification processes involving state voter information and election mail. Steiner said the Postal Service would continue its normal election-mail operations for the 2026 elections.
The agency continues to encourage voters who use the mail to send ballots early enough to account for delivery times. States retain different rules governing when mailed ballots must be received or postmarked.