Judge again blocks US Postal Service from restricting mail-in voting

Aug 11 (Reuters) – A federal ‌judge on Tuesday blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing part of President Donald Trump’s executive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston marked the latest setback ​for Trump’s push to expand the federal government’s role in overseeing elections.

Tuesday’s decision effectively expanded on an earlier order Talwani issued in June that prevented Trump’s administration from implementing it in 23 mostly Democratic-led states.

Several voting rights groups asked the judge to go further and bar the USPS altogether from implementing the order ​anywhere in the nation.