特朗普政府再次向最高法院诉求限制邮寄投票

特朗普政府周日向美国最高法院提交诉讼，要求允许限制邮寄投票。1 这是政府就此事第三次向最高法院提出诉请，距离11月中期选举仅数周。1 此举是对联邦地区法官因迪拉·塔尔瓦尼周五颁布禁令的回应，该禁令阻止美国邮政局执行特朗普3月颁布的行政令。1

根据特朗普政府的行政令，美国邮政局被禁止向未在美国国土安全部认可名单上的选民寄送选票。1 总检察长约翰·绍尔在周日提交的紧急诉状中表示："一旦那些选票信封进入邮流，就无法收回"。1 政府将其计划描述为"常识性措施"，旨在保护投票安全。1 然而，民主党州和投票权组织声称该改革违反宪法，州选举官员表示没有足够时间重建系统。1 当前美国约三分之一的选民通过邮件投票，北卡罗来纳州已开始寄发选票，阿拉巴马州定于9月9日开始，至少五个州定于9月13日当周开始。1

The Trump administration filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Sunday to reinstate restrictions on mail-in voting, marking its third appeal to the nation's highest court on the issue.1 This move came after federal judge Indira Talwani issued an order on Friday blocking the U.S. Postal Service from implementing a Trump executive order that would have prevented the agency from mailing ballots to voters not on a Department of Homeland Security-approved list.1

The timing presents a critical challenge as the midterm elections approach within weeks and multiple states have already begun distributing mail-in ballots.1 North Carolina has already started sending ballots, Alabama is set to begin on September 9, and at least five states plan to start during the week of September 13.1 Approximately one-third of American voters cast ballots by mail.1 Attorney General John Sauer stated in the emergency petition filed Sunday that "once those ballot envelopes enter the mail stream, they cannot be recovered."1

The Trump administration characterized its plan as a "common-sense measure" designed to protect voting security.1 However, Democratic-controlled states and voting rights organizations have challenged the policy as unconstitutional, while state election officials have expressed concern about lacking sufficient time to rebuild their systems.1 The administration first issued the executive order in March, which would restrict mail-in ballot distribution based on the homeland security verification list.1