Judge blocks Trump’s order aimed at using USPS to restrict mail-in voting

R ReutersThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-08-11 · 21:39 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min

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A federal judge in Boston has blocked a part of a US Postal Service (USPS) executive order that aimed to tighten rules for mail-in voting. This ruling by US District Judge Indira Talwani expands on a previous order from June that prevented the implementation of the order in 23 mostly Democratic-led states. The blocked provision would have required states to provide voter lists and adopt new balloting procedures for the USPS to deliver mail-in ballots. If states did not comply, the USPS would have refused delivery, a move voting rights groups argued lacked a legal basis. The executive order was intended to affect mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections.

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The proposed rule required states to provide lists of voters and adopt new balloting procedures before USPS would make deliveries.

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Voting rights groups urged the judge to prevent USPS from implementing the proposed rule nationwide.

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The earlier order prevented Trump’s administration from implementing the rule in 23 mostly Democratic-led states.

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The ruling by US district judge Indira Talwani in Boston expanded on an earlier order she issued in June.

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A federal judge blocked the US Postal Service from implementing part of Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at tightening rules for mail-in voting.

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A federal judge on Tuesday blocked ⁠the US Postal ⁠Service (USPS) from implementing part of Donald Trump’s executive order that aims ⁠to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November midterm elections that ⁠will decide control of Congress.The ruling by US district ‌judge Indira ‌Talwani in Boston in effect expanded on an ‌earlier order she had issued in June that had prevented Trump’s administration from implementing it in 23 mostly Democratic-led states.Several voting rights groups had ‌urged her to go further and prevent USPS from implementing anywhere in the nation a proposed rule requiring states to provide lists of voters and adopt new balloting procedures before ⁠the mail agency would make deliveries.skip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotionIf states did not comply, USPS would have refused to deliver the ballots. The ‌plaintiffs had contended USPS would have no legal basis for such a refusal.

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