Judge blocks Trump’s order preventing USPS from restricting mail-in voting
Summary
A federal judge stopped the US Postal Service (USPS) from following part of President Donald Trump’s order that would tighten mail-in voting rules before the November midterm elections. The judge’s decision expands a previous ruling blocking this order in some states and now applies nationwide.Key Facts
- The judge is Indira Talwani, a US district judge in Boston.
- The blocked order came from President Donald Trump and aimed to change mail-in voting rules.
- The USPS would have required states to give lists of voters and change how ballots are handled.
- If states didn’t follow these new rules, USPS could have stopped delivering mail-in ballots.
- Voting rights groups asked the judge to stop USPS from applying this order anywhere in the US.
- The judge’s ruling expanded a June order that initially blocked the changes in 23 mostly Democratic-led states.
- Plaintiffs argued that USPS had no legal right to refuse ballot delivery.
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