Will there be any significant legislation or executive orders cancelling vote-by-mail in the 2026 federal elections?
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Washington Post reports that Trump is expected to bring the USPS under executive control.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/20/trump-usps-takeover-dejoy/

Assuming he issues the expected order, and further assuming the order is not overturned before the 2026 midterms, will Trump issue another executive order preventing the delivery or counting of vote-by-mail ballots for the federal elections for the 120th Congress?

This market will also resolve Yes if Congress passes legislation that prevents either the delivery or the counting of vote-by-mail ballots in the same elections.

In the case that such an executive order is issued or such a law is passed, and in practice the order or law only applies to some portion of eligible voters, this market will also resolve Yes.

This market will resolve when the 120th Congress sits for their first session.

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I'm unclear on the disjunction. Resolves Yes if Trump EO or Congress bill says "no delivery" or "no counting" for all mail-in voting for 2026? What if they attempt a partial restriction (eg stricter reqs)? How do legal challenges affect this (eg if blocked by a court, and no voters are affected)? ie do we care more about "they tried" or "they changed vote counts"?

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