US Postal Service

“If the government obtains timely relief from the injunctions, implementation immediately thereafter will provide election officials as much time as possible before the next election to comply with the rule’s preparation standards for Federal Ballot Mail envelopes, and to prepare to submit data to the Federal Ballot Mail Portal (‘Portal’), before the mail-in and absentee ballots subject to this rule are mailed (which generally occurs in September or thereafter, as determined by state law),”

US Postal Service · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-22

The USPS stated in its rule text that it plans to immediately implement new mail-in voting standards if court injunctions are lifted.

“The Portal will become active (along with the verification process that relies on Portal data) at the time of the publication of the system of records (‘SOR’) governing the Portal.”

US Postal Service · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-22

The USPS outlined when the Federal Ballot Mail Portal and its verification process would become active.