A voter drops off a ballot on primary Election Day at the Salt Lake County Government Center on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (Photo by Marco Lozzi for Utah News Dispatch)
WASHINGTON â President Donald Trumpâs administration is appealing a federal judgeâs temporary pause on a U.S. Postal Service regulation that places new restrictions on mail-in voting, according to a Friday court filing.
The administration is headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to try to halt U.S. District Judge Indira Talwaniâs temporary restraining order issued late Thursday that froze for two weeks an administration plan to carry out parts of an earlier executive order to limit vote-by-mail.
Talwaniâs order in a Massachusetts federal court reinstated a pause she lifted after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a temporary procedural victory to Trump on his March executive order to curb mail-in voting.
Democrat-led states and voting rights groups refiled lawsuits earlier this week to try to stop the administration from implementing a final rule that executes Trumpâs executive order.
They argue the rule impedes statesâ power to administer elections, comes too close to the November midterms to be implemented and would disenfranchise voters that depend on mail-in voting.
The administration says the rule will help secure elections, though it has not offered evidence that fraudulent mail-in voting is a major problem. The administration said in a Thursday brief the regulation did not affect election administration and dealt only with the federal mail.
Source: Washington State Standard
This article was originally published by Washington State Standard.
