The U.S. Supreme Court has left in place an injunction preventing new U.S. Postal Service ballot-mail rules from taking effect during the 2026 midterms.

Long before mail-in voting became one of America’s most contentious political subjects, it was simply how I exercised my right to vote while deployed overseas as a United States Marine.

Military absentee voting is not new. States used absentee procedures during the Civil War. Congress later created national protections for military and overseas voters.

My ballot had to travel thousands of miles before it could be counted at home. Election officials determined my eligibility, prepared and sent the correct ballot and accepted it under applicable law. The mail system moved it securely and promptly. Those were — and remain — separate responsibilities.

Decades later, I saw election mail from inside the system. In June 2020, the Senate confirmed me as a governor of the United States Postal Service. Two months later, the board........

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