# The Mail Ballot Battle

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Podcast: [CNN Inside Politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cnn-inside-politics-471976)
Published: 2026-09-02T19:10:00+00:00
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## Resource

We are 48 hours away from the first state sending out the first ballots of the midterm election, and President Trump is still trying to radically reshape the mail-in ballot rules. But multiple election officials across the country tell CNN that there's no way to make his proposed mail ballot rules a reality, no matter what the courts ultimately rule about them.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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