Court seeks emergency path to restore USPS mail-ballot rule
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The Trump administration asked the First Circuit to treat a district court’s 14‑day TRO blocking parts of USPS’s final mail-ballot rule as an appealable injunction and to issue an immediate stay, arguing ballots may go out before the order lifts. Judge Talwani had blocked mandatory envelope and portal provisions for the 2026 election, while DOJ contends the rule is a modest regulation on states, not a takeover of election administration.
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