Judge blocks mail ballot changes as Supreme Court weighs case
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WASHINGTON — A U.S. judge has blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new limits on mail-in voting through the Nov. 3 midterm elections, extending a short-term pause as North Carolina began sending ballots on Friday and the Justice Department was urging the Supreme Court to intervene.
The decision on Friday from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston marks the latest setback for the Trump administration as officials have raced to implement changes to how mail-in ballots are handled for the current election cycle, when Republicans are defending their tight majority in Congress.
Talwani’s preliminary injunction means the Postal Service can’t require states to comply with the agency’s controversial new rules in order to have election mail delivered through the November contest. The fact that election officials in North Carolina have put the first batches of ballots in the mail further complicates the administration’s push to secure a court order that would change the rules for mail-in ballots after the early voting period is officially underway.
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