Washington Vote-by-Mail remains as First Circuit rejects Trump EO stay
BOSTON — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on July 25 denied emergency motions by the Trump administration and 12 intervening states seeking to stay a lower-court injunction that blocks key provisions of a presidential executive order on mail-in ballots and citizenship verification lists. The decision leaves in […]
Appeals Court Allows USPS to Proceed with Trump’s Mail-in Ballot Rule in Half of the Country
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A federal appeals court in D.C. on Friday, July 17, cleared the way for the U.S. Postal Service to move forward with a proposed rule requiring states to submit voter lists and use serialized barcodes on mail ballots for federal elections, at least temporarily lifting a lower court block tied to a 2021 NAACP […]
Mail-in ballots at risk: Postmaster says USPS will not deliver ballots in states refusing to turn over voter lists
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Postmaster General David Steiner testified Wednesday that the U.S. Postal Service would not deliver mail-in ballots under a proposed regulation unless states first provide their voter lists to the federal government. According to the Washington Secretary of State official Ballot Drop Box Usage reports, roughly a third of returned ballots are mailed […]
