Federal judge extends block on restrictions to U.S. mail-in voting before midterm elections

A federal judge has extended a suspension of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting, adding a new turn to the legal dispute before November’s midterm elections.

District Judge Indira Talwani issued an injunction preventing the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out a plan that critics say would limit the distribution of mail-in ballots. The executive order would require the postal service to compile lists of eligible voters and deliver ballots only to those voters.

Talwani had previously issued a temporary order blocking the USPS from implementing the restrictions. The U.S. government appealed to the Supreme Court in an effort to have the measure lifted.