A federal judge lifted a mail voting obstacle after a Supreme Court ruling, though fresh legal challenges quickly paused the new rules.
New USPS Mail Ballot Rule Requirements
The administration on Thursday asked the justices to allow the U.S. Postal Service to enforce a new rule requiring states to provide lists of approved mail-ballot recipients and use unique barcodes on outgoing and return ballot envelopes. Under the rule, USPS would deliver ballots only to voters appearing on state-provided eligibility lists. (Reuters)
Election Administration Executive Order Updates
The latest filing follows a rapidly changing series of court rulings over Trump’s March executive order on election administration.
The Supreme Court overturned the earlier state-focused injunction in August, concluding that the challenge had been brought before the Postal Service finalized the rule spelling out how Trump’s directive would be implemented. The ruling was procedural and did not resolve whether the executive order itself is constitutional. (Reuters)