President Donald Trump faced a setback Friday in his push to request mail-in voting when a judge ruled against implementing Postal Service restrictions.
Per Reuters, a judge “blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing core parts of a new rule it adopted at President Donald Trump’s direction that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections.”
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a temporary restraining order, siding with Democratic states and voting rights groups that had challenged the Trump ruling. The Supreme Court, four days earlier, had issued a ruling lifting earlier injunctions.
“That decision led to a frantic effort by dozens of Democratic state attorneys general and voting rights groups, including the League of Women Voters, to renew their legal fight and secure an order that would prevent the USPS from enforcing a rule that was allowed to take effect on Aug. 26,” Reuters reported.
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The judge is an Obama appointee.
A federal judge stalled President Donald Trump’s order limiting mail-in voting, creating a legal roadblock before midterm ballots go out to voters. https://t.co/rzFISmuSO8
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“The restraining order Talwani issued will remain in place while she considers whether to issue a longer-term preliminary injunction blocking the rule,” the Reuters report said. “Under the rule, states must supply the USPS with lists of mail ballot recipients, and all outbound and return ballot envelopes must bear unique barcodes. The Postal Service, under the rule, may refuse to deliver ballots that do not comply with the new standards or are associated with voters who do not appear on the lists.”
