Judge Rules USPS Violated Order

A Judge Ruled that the Justice Department (DOJ) Violated Her Order Blocking the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from Imposing New Restrictions on Mail-in-Voting.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani's Ruling Leaves in Place, Her Prohibition against the USPS Tracking Mail-in-Ballots through Barcodes for the 9/3/2026 Election. But the Legal Wrangling continues in both Cases.

The USPS Announced on 8/21/2026 that it Adopted the Policy, even though Talwani in Massachusetts Temporarily Blocked it in Two Cases. Then the Supreme Court Overturned Her Block 8/24/2026 in the Case involving 23 States. But a Nationwide Block Remains-in-Place, which the Government Acknowledged, in the Case Dealing with Voting-Rights Groups.

Talwani Ruled 8/25/2026 that the DOJ hadn't Appealed Her Decision in the Nationwide Case. She said the Issuance of the Final Policy Ignored the Court's Explicit Directive Not to "initiate or complete" Rulemaking. But She took no further Action, because Her Nationwide Block Remains in Place.

The Court Battle came after Trump (R) Signed an Executive Order (EO) in 3/2026 Directing Agencies to Compile a List of Confirmed U.S. Citizens Eligible toVvote in each State, and to use Federal Data to Help State Election Officials Verify which Voters are Eligible.

The USPS Service Proposed that States provide Lists of Registered Voters and the Individual Barcodes Associated with every Mail-Ballot, to Check them as they are Districted to Help Prevent Fraud. A Group of 23 States Challenged the Policy in One Lawsuit, and Groups led by the League of Women Voters, filed a similar Lawsuit Argued that the Postal Service has No Role in the Administration of Elections.

The Supreme Court Overturned Talwani's Block against the Policy in 23 States because it came before the USPS had Finalized the Policy. But the Day after they Did. Sp the Nationwide Block Remains in Place. The Unsigned Decision said it "does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to implement the Order will necessarily be lawful." "On that score, time will tell," the Majority wrote in the Unsigned Opinion.

The DOJ asked Talwani on 8/25/2026 to Lift the Nationwide Block under the Same Logic as the States’ Case. TheDOJ quoted the Supreme Court Ruling that the judge Rrelied “on a string of speculations” and made a Decision based on “future events that may not occur as anticipated, or indeed may not occur at all.”

Opponents of the Policy have Strived to Prevent it being Put-in-, because of Concerns it would Confuse Voters and Discourage Voting.

But the DOJ said the Opponents could Change their Lawsuits to Argue against the Final Version of the Policy.










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