A federal appeals court on Sept. 10 declined to permit the Trump administration to enforce a new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) rule that changes mail-in voting requirements before the midterm congressional elections on Nov. 3.
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering a similar request.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit declined to pause an injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani. Her order halted key parts of the Postal Service’s final rule. The short-term freeze was set to expire around Sept. 10 if she had declined to extend it.
The injunction applies to the Nov. 3 elections and any federal elections that take place before then….