Gmail to flood inboxes with election season political emails from verified senders starting Sept

Google's new Gmail Verified Sender Program will launch on September 8, 2026, giving qualifying US political committees the ability to send emails from verified addresses, which may lead to an influx of political emails in users' inboxes during election season. The program aims to increase transparency and reduce spam by ensuring that political emails come from trusted sources. Users who opt-in to receive verified sender emails will see a new label in their inbox identifying these messages. This change is expected to flood Gmail inboxes with more political content during elections.