Trump Administration Presses First Circuit To Revive Blocked Mail Ballot Rule
A Massachusetts judge's August 27 order froze the rule for 14 days, with a preliminary injunction hearing set for September 3.
- USPS finalized the rule August 26, just 74 days before the November 3 midterms.
- The rule enforces Trump's March 31 executive order requiring citizenship checks for mail ballots.
- League of Women Voters filed a combined opposition September 1 in Nos. 26-1988 and 26-1989.
Why it matters: Election ballot rules are now written and rewritten by judges on emergency dockets, not by any legislature.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit docket, Nos. 26-1988/26-1989 (League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump) ↗ · Sep 2, 20269/2/26