Judge Blocks USPS Mail-Ballot Rule Before 2026 Midterms as Trump Order Faces Injunction
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 22
Judge Blocks USPS Mail-Ballot Rule Before 2026 Midterms as Trump Order Faces Injunction
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 22
Summary
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani barred USPS from enforcing a new rule requiring states to submit lists of mail-ballot recipients and ballot barcodes ahead of the 2026 midterms.
The rule, finalized Friday and set for official publication on Aug. 26, was designed to carry out part of Donald Trump’s March 31 executive order tightening mail-in voting procedures.
Talwani had already found the USPS section of that order likely unconstitutional in June and renewed the injunction in July in League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump.
The Trump administration argued the challenge was premature because no concrete harm could occur until the policy took effect, while Postmaster General David Steiner said the rule would help match ballots states say they sent with what USPS actually mailed.
Unless a federal court lifts the injunction, the USPS rule cannot take effect for the upcoming midterm elections, leaving a key piece of Trump’s election-order agenda on hold.