NYT > U.S. News Trump, the Supreme Court and the Postal Service: A History of Mail Voting Par : Dan Watson 15 septembre 2026 à 21:09 The mail system took on new prominence during the Civil War by enabling soldiers to vote from afar. On Monday, the Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s effort to give it a new role in elections. © Associated PressTwo U.S. service members talked over their absentee ballots outside a bunker in Korea in 1952.