1st Circuit keeps USPS mail-in rule blocked as high court weighs fate

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to pause a lower-court injunction blocking a USPS rule that would tighten mail-in voting ahead of November elections, keeping the administration’s rule on hold while the Supreme Court weighs a similar request. The court stressed that election regulation is primarily up to states and Congress, warned the rule could disenfranchise millions with minimal fraud benefits, and noted that the Supreme Court’s ruling on the matter is forthcoming.