Judge Lifts 2nd Block on Trump Mail Voting Order as USPS Final Rule Invites New Challenge
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Updated · Democracy Docket · Aug 26
Judge Lifts 2nd Block on Trump Mail Voting Order as USPS Final Rule Invites New Challenge
3 articles · Updated · Democracy Docket · Aug 26
Summary
Judge Indira Talwani on Wednesday dissolved her second injunction against Trump’s mail-voting order, letting USPS keep implementing it after the Supreme Court said she had acted too early.
USPS published its final rule that morning, curing the timing problem that sank the earlier injunctions and making the policy ripe for a direct constitutional challenge on the merits.
League of Women Voters plaintiffs can now amend their case and seek a fresh order, while 23 Democratic-led states, Washington, D.C., and newly added Hawaii filed a new expedited suit before Talwani.
Talwani still faulted the administration, saying USPS violated her prior preliminary injunction by finalizing the rule, but she declined immediate restraint because the completed rule strengthens challengers' claims.
With fewer than 3 months before the midterms, the fight over Trump’s March order to restrict mailed ballots could leave election officials and voters without clarity until late in the cycle.