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Judge Blocks USPS Mail-In Rule Violating 2021 Settlement

7/2/2026

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U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan barred the Postal Service from enforcing a mail-in voting rule that would breach a 2021 settlement.
The rule would have forced states to submit voter lists and adopt procedures, allowing the Postal Service to refuse ballot delivery.
The decision follows Judge Indira Talwani’s June 25 ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order and was made with the NAACP, noting rule violated settlement’s ballot-mail requirement.

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U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan barred the Postal Service from enforcing a mail-in voting rule that would breach a 2021 settlement.
The rule would have forced states to submit voter lists and adopt procedures, allowing the Postal Service to refuse ballot delivery.
The decision follows Judge Indira Talwani’s June 25 ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order and was made with the NAACP, noting rule violated settlement’s ballot-mail requirement.