A federal appeals court has allowed the USPS to move forward with a new mail‑in ballot delivery rule ahead of the US midterms, warning the agency would suffer 'irreparable harm' if blocked.

On Friday, a three‑judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously paused a lower‑court injunction that had temporarily blocked the USPS from finalising and enforcing the new ballot‑delivery rule.

The rule would permit the Postal Service to withhold delivery of mail‑in and absentee ballots where state officials decline to send certain voter data to federal authorities. In practice, that sets up a confrontation between states determined to guard sensitive voter information and a federal agency now claiming it cannot guarantee accurate ballot delivery without it.

  • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world
    14·
    20 hours ago

    Its not the job of USPS to determine whether a ballot is valid or not. That’s the job of the election officials. Any ballot sent and not delivered should lead to criminal punishment. The job of the USPS is to deliver the ballot. They dont verify the validity of any other letter or package sent, the ballots should be no different.