USPS Mail-in Ballot Rule Enjoined

A Mail Voting Fight About Nothing

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USPS mail-in ballot rule enjoined

BOSTON — A federal court in Massachusetts issued a renewed preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Postal Service from implementing its final order regarding how it will handle mail-in ballots for the 2026 midterm elections. The order likely amounts to an unlawful attempt to regulate federal elections, a power delegated only to Congress and the states.

Wisconsin clerks sending mail-in ballots as Trump wages court fight

Judge extends pause on ‘unconstitutional’ Trump order, postal rule limiting vote-by-mail

By Jacob Fischler | AZ Mirror A U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting, like the executive order from President Donald Trump that spurred it, is unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani said in a Friday order extending a freeze on the policy. The Trump administration quickly appealed the order to the 1st U.S. Circuit […]

Postal Service overstepped its powers with mail voting rules, pro-voter groups tell appeals court

The U.S. Postal Service’s new mail voting rules overstep the authority granted to it by Congress, pro-voting groups argued in a brief asking a federal appeals court to keep the rule frozen before the upcoming elections.