U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration's Mail-In Voting Restrictions Ahead of Midterm Elections

A U.S. appeals court declined to allow the Trump administration to implement new U.S. Postal Service rules that would tighten mail-in voting requirements before November's congressional elections. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's injunction, stating that the rule risked disenfranchising millions of voters and was likely unlawful, as states and Congress, not the executive branch, have the authority to regulate elections. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently weighing a similar request.