What's going on with vote-by-mail?

关于邮寄投票的情况如何?

The NPR Politics Podcast

2026-08-28

15 分钟
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President Trump has long railed against voting by mail, falsely claiming it is rampant with fraud. He signed an executive order earlier this year seeking to severely restrict the practice. The order is being challenged in courts, and with many developments in the case this week, we look at the status of vote-by-mail in the United States. This episode: voting correspondents Miles Parks and Hansi Lo Wang, and senior political correspondent Tamara Keith. This podcast was produced and edited by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bonus episodes and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • You may have seen some headlines this week about President Trump pushing to restrict vote by mail.

  • Tim and I have, and frankly, it's a little confusing.

  • We have a lot of questions.

  • So today on the show, we're bringing in our reporter

  • who is monitoring every twist and turn in this critical legal battle to explain exactly what's happening

  • and the implications before voting in the midterms starts as soon as next week.

  • It is the NPR Politics Podcast.

  • We're recording this podcast at 1.02 p.m.

  • On Thursday, August 27th, 2026. I'm Miles Parks and I cover voting.

  • I'm Hansi Luong.

  • I cover voting in the U.S.

  • Postal Service.

  • And I'm Tamara Keith.

  • I cover politics.

  • So Hansi, as I mentioned, you have been monitoring.

  • Every single legal brief and development in this USPS case.

  • But I actually want to start from the beginning with President Trump's executive order, which began this whole thing.