A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the US Postal Service from restricting mail-in voting.
US District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, expanded her previous block on President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting.
The Boston-based Judge previously blocked President Trump’s March 2025 executive order, specifically his attempt to create a federal voter list.
In March 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14248: Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.
“Free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion are fundamental to maintaining our constitutional Republic. The right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated, without illegal dilution, is vital to determining the rightful winner of an election,” the executive order said.
“Under the Constitution, State governments must safeguard American elections in compliance with Federal laws that protect Americans’ voting rights and guard against dilution by illegal voting, discrimination, fraud, and other forms of malfeasance and error. Yet the United States has not adequately enforced Federal election requirements that, for example, prohibit States from counting ballots received after Election Day or prohibit non-citizens from registering to vote,” the executive order said.
“Several Federal laws, including 18 U.S.C. 1015 and 611, prohibit foreign nationals from registering to vote or voting in Federal elections,” Trump said.
Judge Talwani previously said, “The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections.”
On Tuesday, Judge Talwani blocked the US Postal Service from implementing Trump’s executive order that would make mail-in ballots more secure.
Reuters reported:
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing part of President Donald Trump’sexecutive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston effectively expanded on an earlier order she had issued in June that had prevented Trump’s administration from implementing it in 23 mostly Democratic-led states.
Several voting rights groups had urged her to go further and prevent USPS from implementing anywhere in the nation a proposed rule requiring states to provide lists of voters and adopt new balloting procedures before the mail agency would make deliveries.
If states did not comply, USPS would have refused to deliver the ballots. The plaintiffs had contended USPS would have no legal basis for such a refusal.
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