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Federal judge upholds block on Trump reform restricting mail-in voting

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency In the courts
  • A Massachusetts federal judge converted a temporary suspension into a preliminary injunction blocking parts of Donald Trump’s mail-voting reform.
  • The judge said the Postal Service rule explicitly regulates election mail and that Congress did not delegate the claimed authority to the agency.
  • The case, brought by 23 states, the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania’s governor, could affect envelope formats and voter information requirements before November’s elections.

A federal judge has upheld a block on Donald Trump’s reform to restrict mail-in voting, adding another legal obstacle to a policy being challenged before the November elections.

Judge Indira Talwani of Massachusetts replaced an earlier temporary suspension with a preliminary injunction. The order prevents the U.S. Postal Service from applying parts of the new rules while the broader legal dispute continues, although the decision can be appealed.

Talwani said the Postal Service regulation governs election mail “explicitly and exclusively.” That differs from the Justice Department’s argument that the rule concerns postal mail generally. She also said Congress had never given the Postal Service the authority claimed under the Elections Clause.

The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let the Postal Service implement the rules, which were drafted under a March executive order from Trump. The order directs federal agencies to prepare lists of voters eligible to receive mail ballots, reducing the role of states in election administration.

The lawsuit was filed by 23 states, the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, along with civil-rights organizations. The continuing suspension prevents the Postal Service from imposing contested requirements involving envelope formats and voter data. Trump has defended the changes as a way to prevent election fraud, ordering the Department of Homeland Security to compile lists of voting-age citizens in all 50 states and the Postal Service to prepare a separate list of eligible mail voters.

explicitly and exclusively

· Judge Indira TalwaniShe used the phrase to describe the Postal Service rule’s focus on election mail.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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