The Supreme Court is considering a request from the president’s administration to allow the rule.
A panel of the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals did not pause an injunction from a district judge in Massachusetts halting parts of the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) rule regarding mail-in ballots. The USPS rule, adhering to President Trump’s election integrity executive order, would have required security measures to ensure ballots are mailed only to U.S. citizens who are eligible to legally vote.
The judges on the three-judge panel said that the president’s administration did not show that the Postal Service rule would not cause “chaos and widespread voter disenfranchisement” in the November midterm election.
“Indeed, appellants have not even seriously challenged this aspect of the district court’s ruling, much less demonstrated why it is clearly erroneous,” the panel wrote in a 9-page opinion. They continued that the rule would “likely result in the disenfranchisement of millions of voters across the country while providing minimal — if any — gains in combating voter fraud.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For the justices of the Supreme Court as they consider the administration’s request to lift the injunction against the USPS rule.
- For discernment for the president and officials in his administration as they seek to increase election integrity and ensure only eligible U.S. citizens vote.
Sources: The Epoch Times, CBS News,
