Episode 44: SCOTUS Blocks Trump’s Vote-By-Mail Order + Missouri’s Map Mess, with Nathaniel Rakich from Votebeat

With all primaries done and dusted, it is now indisputably general election time. But we have two late developments that will affect the 2026 electoral picture. First, Republicans had drawn a new gerrymander in Missouri, but a series of federal and state court decisions appear likely to restore the state’s old, less GOP-leaning congressional lines. Second, the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting. Decision Desk HQ Chief Elections Analyst Geoffrey Skelley discussed these two developments with Nathaniel Rakich, the managing editor of Votebeat. Votebeat is a nonpartisan news site devoted to covering the nuts and bolts of how elections and voting work in the United States.

---► Geoffrey Skelley on X: https://x.com/geoffreyvs► Nathaniel Rakich on X: https://x.com/baseballot► Votebeat: votebeat.org► Votebeat newsletters: https://www.votebeat.org/newsletters/---► DDHQ Votes: https://votes.decisiondeskhq.com/► DDHQ Substack: https://decisiondeskhq.substack.com/► Join DDHQ’s Discord: https://discord.com/invite/ddhq---CHAPTERS0:41 Introducing Nathaniel Rakich & our topics2:31 Missouri’s redistricting saga10:19 Republicans’ last-ditch effort in Missouri15:23 A red-state redistricting veto referendum23:59 Missouri’s other big ballot initiative27:41 SCOTUS blocks President Trump’s executive order32:10 The executive order and how people vote38:57 Other election issues Votebeat is monitoring

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