# 'Designed to fail': States warn they can't meet Trump's mail ballot demands

https://mins.news/en/video/42003

- CNN, 2026-09-02 12:29 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHw3g2kIW-w

> Trump administration efforts to change how election ballots are handled face resistance from state officials, who say that with only 62 days before the midterm elections, it is too late to implement the proposed rules. Election officials and mail voting experts told CNN there is no practical way to comply with the Postal Service’s plans, regardless of court challenges and opposition.

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