A federal judge has blocked U.S. Postal Service proposals that would have restricted mail-in ballot delivery under President Trump’s executive order — including a plan to stop delivering ballots in states that refuse to hand over voter registration lists to the federal government.
The ruling came Wednesday, June 25, and it stops the Postal Service from moving forward with the proposals while legal challenges play out. The order targeted USPS responses to Trump’s directive, which had tied ballot delivery to state compliance with voter list sharing demands.
States that declined to turn over their voter data stood to lose mail-in ballot service under the proposal. That’s a significant threat in states where absentee and mail voting is widely used — the USPS processes tens of millions of ballots each election cycle.
The judge didn’t rule on the underlying executive order itself. That fight isn’t over. The block applies specifically to the Postal Service’s proposed responses, leaving the broader legal battle over the order still unresolved.
