A group of attorneys general for 24 Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia filed a new lawsuit on Aug. 26 to block the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from implementing a set of rules that restrict mail-in voting.
The rules, stemming from an executive order by President Donald Trump, require states to share a list of eligible mail-in voters with the USPS.
If a voter’s name is not on the list, USPS will not deliver a mail-in ballot to that voter.
The rules also say states need pre-approval from USPS for their mail-in ballot designs.
“This mail-in voting rule is an unlawful overreach that shows just how far President Trump will go to control elections. But as I’ve said before, this fight is far from over, and we are confident that the facts and the law are on our side,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement on Aug. 26.
The states argue that USPS is violating its constitutional authority by attempting to control elections, and the order forces the states to expend time and resources on implementing a presidential program.
Massachusetts Judge Indira Talwani had blocked portions of Trump’s executive order in June, writing that “no law enacted by Congress delegates authority to control mail-in voting to USPS.”
But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that Talwani’s block against the executive order was premature, since the postal service’s plans had not been finalized and states could not show they had been harmed.
Matthew Vadum contributed to this report.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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