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US appeals court rejects Trump mail-in ballot restrictions as Supreme Court considers rule
- A federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration’s new USPS rule on mail-in voting from taking effect before the November midterms, leaving a lower-court injunction in place while the Supreme Court weighs the issue.
- Judges said the rule — which would require states to provide voter lists to USPS and use uniquely barcoded ballot envelopes — could disenfranchise millions while offering little extra protection against fraud.
- The rule stems from Trump’s push for tighter mail-vote rules after 2020; voting rights groups and several Democratic-led states sued, and the Supreme Court will soon decide the appeal.
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