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一张2026年5月19日在美国宾夕法尼亚州费城拍摄的资料图片显示了宾夕法尼亚州初选期间的邮寄选票。路透社/汉娜·贝尔/插图//档案照片 购买授权，打开新标签页
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- 特朗普政府要求设于波士顿的上诉法院撤销限制令
- 北卡罗来纳州将于周五成为首个邮寄选票的州
- 若第一巡回法院驳回请求，政府或将请求最高法院介入
马萨诸塞州波士顿，8月31日（路透社）——特朗普政府周一要求美国上诉法院撤销一项法官禁令，该禁令阻止了一项将在11月国会选举前收紧邮寄投票要求的新规则的实施。
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要求设于波士顿的美国第一巡回上诉法院暂停一项临时限制令，该禁令阻止美国邮政服务局（USPS）执行其新规则。
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一名下级法院法官周四应民主党领导的州和投票权组织的要求发布了该禁令。
此前，设于波士顿的美国地区法官英迪拉·塔尔瓦尼周一早些时候拒绝暂停其发布的限制令，特朗普政府随后遂向上诉法院提出介入请求。在塔尔瓦尼考虑是否在定于周四举行的听证会上发布更长期禁令期间，该限制令将继续生效14天。
作为民主党总统巴拉克·奥巴马任命的法官，塔尔瓦尼在发布该限制令时认定，美国邮政服务局的这项规则可能会剥夺选民的投票权，很可能是非法的，且其通过违反了美国宪法——宪法赋予各州管理选举的权力。
司法部律师告诉第一巡回法院，塔尔瓦尼的裁决“存在严重错误”，该诉讼似乎基于一个毫无根据的前提，即美国邮政服务局意图掌控联邦选举的管理。
“该规则对美国邮政服务局支持这一特殊敏感邮件类别的基础设施进行了改进和现代化改造，完全符合美国邮政服务局的法定和宪法授权，”司法部辩称。
如果第一巡回法院拒绝撤销塔尔瓦尼的禁令，特朗普政府或可寻求由保守派占6票比3票的最高法院介入。最高法院上周刚刚撤销了塔尔瓦尼此前发布的一项阻止美国邮政服务局推进该规则的禁令。
美国邮政服务局发布该规则是为了执行这位共和党总统今年3月签署的一项行政命令，此前多年来特朗普一直呼吁收紧邮寄投票规则，并谎称他2020年总统大选败给民主党人乔·拜登是大规模选民欺诈的结果。
根据该规则，各州必须向美国邮政服务局提供邮寄选票收件人的名单，所有寄出和寄回的选票信封必须带有唯一的条形码。
根据该规则，美国邮政服务局可拒绝交付不符合新标准的选票，或与未出现在名单上的选民相关的选票。
美国所有50个州都允许某种形式的邮寄投票，其中29个州允许选民无需提供理由即可申请邮寄投票，另有8个州完全采用邮寄选举。北卡罗来纳州将于周五成为首个为11月选举邮寄选票的州。
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Trump administration asks US appeals court to lift order blocking mail-in voting rule
2026-09-01T01:08:07.323Z / Reuters
A mail-in ballot, during the Pennsylvania primary election, is displayed in this illustration picture created in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/Illustration//File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Summary
- Trump administration asks Boston-based appeals court to lift restraining order
- North Carolina set to become first state to issue mail-in ballots on Friday
- Administration could ask Supreme Court to intervene if 1st Circuit declines
BOSTON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday asked a U.S. appeals court to lift a judge’s order blocking a new rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections.
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the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to put on hold a temporary restraining order that prevented the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing its new rule.
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A lower-court judge issued the order on Thursday at the behest of Democratic-led states and voting rights groups.
The administration asked the appeals court to intervene after Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani earlier on Monday declined to pause her restraining order. It will remain in place for 14 days while she considers whether to issue a longer-term injunction at a hearing set for Thursday.
Talwani, an appointee of Democratic President Barack Obama, in issuing the restraining order had concluded that USPS’ rule risked disenfranchising voters and was likely unlawful and adopted in violation of the U.S. Constitution, which gives states the authority to administer elections.
Justice Department lawyers told the 1st Circuit that Talwani’s ruling was “gravely mistaken,” and the lawsuit appeared based on an unfounded premise that USPS intends to seize control of the administration of federal elections.
“The rule’s improvements and modernizations of USPS’s infrastructure for supporting this particularly sensitive category of mail are fully consistent with USPS’s statutory and constitutional authority,” the Justice Department argued.
Should the 1st Circuit decline to halt Talwani’s order, the administration could try to seek the intervention of the 6-3 conservative-majority Supreme Court, which last week lifted an earlier injunction the judge had issued that had blocked USPS from moving forward with the rule.
USPS issued the rule to implement an executive order the Republican president signed in March after years of Trump calling for tighter rules on voting by mail and pushing the false claim that his 2020 presidential election defeat to Democrat Joe Biden was the result of widespread voter fraud.
Under the rule, states must supply the USPS with lists of mail ballot recipients, and all outbound and return ballot envelopes must bear unique barcodes.
The USPS, under the rule, may refuse to deliver ballots that do not comply with the new standards or are associated with voters who do not appear on the lists.
All 50 states allow for some form of mail-in voting, with 29 allowing voters to ask to cast ballots that way without providing a reason and eight conducting their elections entirely by mail. North Carolina is set on Friday to become the first state to mail out ballots for the November election.
Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Jamie Freed
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