{"id":2622819,"date":"2026-07-02T11:17:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trumps-usps-mail-in-ballot-changes\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:19:54","slug":"judge-blocks-trumps-usps-mail-in-ballot-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trumps-usps-mail-in-ballot-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks Trump&#8217;s USPS mail-in ballot changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-blocks-trumps-usps-mail-in-ballot-changes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2622819&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge has blocked a proposed rule by the USPS that would have required states to share their mail-in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >adn absentee voter rolls<\/a> with the agency, citing violations of a prior settlement between the NAACP and USPS aimed at ensuring timely and reliable delivery of mail-in ballots during the 2020 elections.Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ordered the USPS to refrain from implementing the rule, which was linked to an executive order from President Trump intended to limit mail-in voting by restricting delivery of ballots from states that did not comply with sharing voter lists. The judge criticized the rule for overstepping prior agreements and stated it was incompatible with court oversight and protections for voting rights.USPS Postmaster General David Steiner supported the rule, stating it would improve ballot security through unique barcodes and personalized voter lists, although the NAACP praised the ruling as a safeguard against potential barriers that could disproportionately affect Black voters. Sullivan emphasized that the order prevents the USPS from enforcing a policy that could hinder mail-in voting and highlighted concerns that the rule&#8217;s implementation would have exerted federal control over voting processes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-reverses-bidens-policy-to-limit-ice-deportations\/\" title=\"... reverses Biden\u2019s policy to limit ICE deportations\">federal judge struck<\/a> down a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4602591\/usps-stop-mail-in-ballot-voter-roll\/\">proposed rule<\/a> from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/usps\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2443\">Postal Service<\/a> that would have forced states to turn over their <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mail-in-voting\/\">mail-in<\/a> and absentee voter rolls to the agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, a nominee of former President Bill Clinton, ordered the USPS to be enjoined from implementing its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/FR-2026-06-02\/pdf\/2026-10968.pdf\">proposed rule<\/a> in line with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s executive <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4511712\/trump-executive-order-mail-in-voting\/\">order<\/a> to stop delivering mail-in ballots to states <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/4602591\/usps-stop-mail-in-ballot-voter-roll\/\">that do not turn over their voter rolls<\/a>. The proposed rule outlined a method for each state and the USPS to agree on a \u201cMail-In and Absentee Participation List,\u201d and how mail-in ballots should be packaged.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4632803\/doj-launches-lawsuit-california-glock-ban\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ launches lawsuit over California\u2019s Glock ban after warning<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4632580\/doj-charge-tren-de-aragua-kidnapping-murder\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ charges eight Tren de Aragua members with \u2018vicious\u2019 kidnappings and murders<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4632553\/trump-e-jean-carroll-5-million-damages-delay\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump asked for delay in paying E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages: Lawyers<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia judge wrote in his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.dcd.221243\/gov.uscourts.dcd.221243.182.0_2.pdf\">opinion<\/a> that the proposed rule violates a prior settlement agreement between the NAACP and the USPS to ensure the Postal Service delivers mail-in ballots timely and reliably with court oversight, stemming from the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judge gave three reasons why the rule proposal does not fit with the parties\u2019 prior agreement, including that the settlement \u201cdoes not allow the Postal Service to put in place a policy of refusing to accept and deliver certain ballots.\u201d His order blocks the implementation of the rule nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sullivan wrote that Trump\u2019s executive order prompting the rule was \u201cdesigned to exert federal control over who in the United States may be sent a mail-in or absentee ballot in federal elections by the Postal Service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Postmaster General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4623020\/postmaster-general-david-steiner-usps-no-cash-senate\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4623020\">David Steiner<\/a> has confirmed that, if the proposed rule is accepted, the USPS would not deliver ballots to states that refuse to participate and send their eligible voter lists to the Postal Service. Steiner recently backed the rule proposal at a Senate hearing as consistent with long-standing recommendations from the USPS, saying the policy is \u201cnot a political question, it\u2019s a question of how do we most efficiently and securely move ballots.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is what our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/postmaster-general-spars-with-senate-democrats-over-mail-in-ballot-restrictions\/\" title=\"Postmaster General spars with Senate Democrats over ...in ballot restrictions\">proposed rules suggest<\/a>, is that we have unique barcode, unique envelope,\u201d Steiner <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4622773\/postmaster-general-david-steiner-spars-senate-democrats-mail-in-ballots\/\">told the<\/a> Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. \u201cThat is not something that is new. That\u2019s something that\u2019s been being used by states throughout the country on both sides of the political spectrum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to creating an eligible voter list for each state, the proposed USPS rule would also create a\u00a0personalized barcode for each voter on the list, which would subsequently appear on each voter\u2019s corresponding ballot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NAACP senior associate general counsel Anthony Ashton hailed the ruling as a \u201ccrucial step\u201d in protecting voting rights in a Wednesday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naacpldf.org\/press-release\/naacp-successfully-halts-usps-plan-to-interfere-with-mail-in-voting\/\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4622773\/postmaster-general-david-steiner-spars-senate-democrats-mail-in-ballots\/\">POSTMASTER GENERAL SPARS WITH SENATE DEMOCRATS OVER MAIL-IN BALLOT RESTRICTIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe proposed USPS changes would have created unnecessary and unlawful barriers, in direct violation of the USPS\u2019s mandate to prioritize election mail,\u201d Ashton said. \u201cThose barriers could have disproportionately harmed Black voters, who are more likely to rely on mail voting due to longstanding inequities in access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has reached out to the USPS for comment on the order.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge blocks USPS mail-in voter roll rule enforcement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2622820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP24029695018341.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50433,39540,3634,11330],"class_list":["post-2622819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-judge-2","tag-mail-in-ballots","tag-trump","tag-usps"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP24029695018341.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2622819"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622823,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622819\/revisions\/2622823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2622820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}