US Judge Blocks Trump's Mail-In Voting Rule Nationwide
Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
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- A federal judge blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new rules on mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections.
- The ruling extends a previous injunction to cover the entire U.S., prohibiting the USPS from rejecting ballots that do not meet new requirements.
- The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering the Trump administration's request to overturn the judge's earlier decision.
A federal judge has blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing new rules that would tighten mail-in voting regulations. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued an injunction prohibiting the USPS from enforcing the provisions nationwide.
The ruling came in a case brought by the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts and other plaintiffs. President Donald Trump had signed an executive order in March requiring the USPS to establish new requirements for mail-in and absentee ballots and to reject those that do not comply.
Talwani had previously blocked key provisions of the order in 23 states and Washington, D.C. This latest ruling expands that block to the entire country. The U.S. Supreme Court is now reviewing the Trump administration's appeal of the earlier decision. The legal dispute unfolds as the U.S. prepares for November midterm elections, where control of the House of Representatives and the Senate will be decided.
The ruling came in a case brought by the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts and several other plaintiffs.
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Originally published by Tempo in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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