Judge Expands Block on Trump's Mail-Ballot USPS Order
A federal judge in Boston ruled the Postal Service cannot enforce Trump's order nationwide, not just in the 23 states covered by her earlier injunction.
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing part of President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at tightening rules for mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections, which will decide control of Congress.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston expanded on an earlier order she issued in June that had blocked the administration from implementing the policy in 23 mostly Democratic-led states.
Several voting rights groups had urged Talwani to go further and block the Postal Service from implementing the rule anywhere in the country. The rule would have required states to provide lists of voters and adopt new balloting procedures before the Postal Service would deliver mail ballots.
Under the proposed policy, the Postal Service would have refused to deliver ballots from states that did not comply with the new requirements. The plaintiffs argued the Postal Service had no legal basis for such a refusal.
The ruling comes as the Trump administration separately asks the Supreme Court to lift Talwani's earlier injunction and allow nationwide enforcement of the order, a request that remains pending before the justices.
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