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Story summary
- U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols blocked the Postal Service rule limiting mail balloting.
- Judge Indira Talwani previously issued a similar injunction in Boston.
- The judges acted after President Donald Trump’s executive order sought new mail-voting restrictions.
- Plaintiffs argued the rule could cause many valid absentee ballots to be uncounted.
- The rule required pre-approval of envelope designs and uploading recipient IDs to an inactive portal.