D.C. Judge Enjoins USPS Mail-In Ballot Rule Over Statutory Authority Concerns

( September 23, 2026, 8:39 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge granted two renewed motions for preliminary injunction and granted in part a third through which three groups of plaintiffs sought to bar enforcement of a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) rule imposing new ballot envelope, voter enrollment and verification requirements for the November midterm elections, holding that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on their claim that key provisions of the rule exceed the USPS’s statutory authority, including provisions requiring election officials to submit voter-specific information to a federal portal....