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A federal judge in the United States has blocked proposed restrictions on mail-in voting that were championed by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday in Washington, DC, District Judge Emmet Sullivan sided with the NAACP, a civil rights organisation, in its case against the US Postal Service (USPS).<\/p>\n
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Sullivan found that the restrictions would likely violate a 2021 settlement requiring expedited handling for mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n
He therefore granted the NAACP\u2019s motion to enforce compliance with the settlement, dealing another setback to the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to reshape the US voting landscape.<\/p>\n
\u201cNAACP has plausibly suggested \u2014 and the Postal Service has not disputed \u2014 that the Proposed Rule is already having a \u2018real impact on present day affairs\u2019,\u201d Sullivan wrote in his ruling.<\/p>\n
The case revolves around a rule the Postal Service put forward in May that would require states to provide lists of absentee and mail-in voters. Ballots that do not conform to the list would be returned.<\/p>\n
The proposed rule would also require a new envelope design for mail-in ballots, governing logos and barcode placements. Failure to comply would result in the Postal Service refusing to deliver the ballots.<\/p>\n
The NAACP argued that the proposal would run afoul of a 2021 legal settlement that forces Postal Service officials to take \u201cextraordinary measures\u201d to ensure timely delivery of ballot mail.<\/p>\n
The settlement \u201cstipulated that the Postal Service agreed \u2018to prioritize monitoring and timely delivery of election mail’\u201d, Sullivan wrote in Wednesday\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n
The decision comes less than five months before the November 3 midterm elections, which will decide whether Trump\u2019s Republican Party retains control over both chambers of Congress.<\/p>\n
Trump has expressed fears that he may be subject to a third impeachment if Democrats flip the legislature.<\/p>\n
He has also spread unfounded theories that US elections are vulnerable to \u201cvote rigging\u201d, pointing to commonplace election tools like mail-in voting and electronic voting machines.<\/p>\n
Elections are administered by state and local election officials, as established in the US Constitution. But the Postal Service\u2019s proposed rule came as the result of efforts under the Trump administration to impose new limits on voting.<\/p>\n
In March, Trump issued an executive order called \u201cPreserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections\u201d. In it, he directed the Department of Justice to take action against states that \u201cfail to comply\u201d with certain standards for mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n
He also accused states that accepted absentee or mail-in ballots after Election Day of violating the law.<\/p>\n