A judge expands a block on U.S. Postal Service work on Trump's mail-in voting order

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Postal Service work on Trump's mail-in voting order August 11, 20265:11 PM ET Hansi Lo Wang Jim Slowikowski oversees the unloading of pallets filled with mail-in ballots at a U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center in 2020 in Portland, Ore. Nathan Howard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/Getty Images A federal judge in Boston has expanded a court-ordered block on a key part of President Trump's executive order to limit voting by mail in this fall's midterm election.

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▪Postal Service work on Trump's mail-in voting order August 11, 20265:11 PM ET Hansi Lo Wang Jim Slowikowski oversees the unloading of pallets filled with mail-in ballots at a U.S.
▪Postal Service processing and distribution center in 2020 in Portland, Ore.
▪Nathan Howard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/Getty Images A federal judge in Boston has expanded a court-ordered block on a key part of President Trump's executive order to limit voting by mail in this fall's midterm

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▪ Judge blocks US Postal Service from restricting mail-in voting - Reuters — Google News
▪ Trump's mail-in voting restrictions blocked nationwide by federal judge — Axios
▪ Judge blocks Trump’s order preventing USPS from restricting mail-in voting — The Guardian — US

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Elections A judge expands a block on U.S. Postal Service work on Trump's mail-in voting order August 11, 20265:11 PM ET Hansi Lo Wang Jim Slowikowski oversees the unloading of pallets filled with mail-in ballots at a U.S. Postal Service processing and distribution center in 2020 in Portland, Ore. Nathan Howard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/Getty Images A federal judge in Boston has expanded a court-ordered block on a key part of President Trump's executive order to limit voting by mail in this fall's midterm election. The order released by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani on Tuesday comes as the wait continues for the Supreme Court to weigh in on an earlier ruling by Talwani. The judge's latest ruling bans the U.S.

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