The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has asked a federal court to pause its order blocking the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order against mail voting as it appeals the ruling.
Meanwhile, Democratic elected officials are urging the USPS not to move forward with the order, warning that doing so will make it harder for states to smoothly administer the upcoming midterms.
In a filing Monday, the federal government argued that unless the court grants a stay, the “sweeping injunction” will “severely disrupt USPS’s efforts to potentially promulgate a final rule” fulfilling Trump’s March 2026 order ahead of November’s midterms elections.
Last week, Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled that USPS’s proposed rule violated the terms of a 2021 settlement with the NAACP. The agreement required the Postal Service to safeguard mail-in voting in future federal elections and prioritize the timely delivery of election-related mail through 2028.
After the Postal Service posted its proposed rulemaking, the NAACP asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to enforce the settlement.
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