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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Robert Mackey

US Postal Service rule tightens mail-in voting despite court orders blocking changes

Seen from behind, a hand reachers out of a driver's-side car window to put an envelope in a blue US postal box.
A person places a piece of mail in a United States Postal Service collection box in Miami, Florida, on 5 February 2025. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA

The US Postal Service prepared to publish a final ⁠rule late ⁠on ​Friday to impose new requirements on states to provide the federal government with information on voters before the November ⁠midterm congressional elections, despite a ​pair of court ‌orders ‌that currently block the ‌changes from taking effect.

The USPS acknowledged in the text of the final rule posted online Friday, which is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register next week, that two injunctions issued by federal courts in California and Massachusetts currently bar it from moving ahead with the changes to comply with a March executive order signed by Donald Trump.

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