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波士顿9月4日（路透社）——波士顿一名联邦法官于周五延长了禁令，阻止唐纳德·特朗普政府实施一项新的美国邮政服务规则，该规则将在11月国会选举前收紧邮寄投票要求。
总部位于波士顿的美国地区法官因迪拉·塔尔瓦尼应民主党领导的州和投票权组织的要求发布了这项禁令，而美国首个州已于周五开始邮寄本次选举的邮寄选票。
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上周，由民主党总统巴拉克·奥巴马任命的塔尔瓦尼发布了一项为期14天的临时限制令，以阻止邮政服务的规则生效，同时考虑是否发布更长期的禁令。
美国政府于周四要求美国最高法院介入并解除该限制令，以便该规则能够生效。最高法院以6票对3票的保守派多数于上周解除了塔尔瓦尼此前发布的一项阻止邮政服务实施此类限制的命令。
邮政服务发布该规则是为了执行特朗普今年3月签署的一项行政命令。此前多年来，这位共和党总统一直呼吁限制邮寄投票，并散布虚假言论，称其2020年总统大选输给民主党人乔·拜登是大规模选民欺诈的结果。
根据该规则，各州必须向邮政服务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，邮政服务可以拒绝递送不符合新标准的选票，或者与不在名单上的选民相关的选票。
投票权倡导者和多个由民主党领导的州上周说服塔尔瓦尼暂时禁止该规则，他们辩称，该规则可能会剥夺选民的投票权，且其通过违反了《美国宪法》，因为宪法赋予各州管理选举的权力。
美国司法部的律师反驳称，邮政服务拥有明确的权力来实施他们所谓的“适度的”信封设计要求。他们表示，如果该规则生效，各州选举官员仍将完全控制哪些人可以在本州通过邮寄方式投票。
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选票，另有8个州完全通过邮寄方式进行选举。北卡罗来纳州于周五成为首个为11月选举邮寄选票的州。
该规则如果获准生效，可能会迫使各州选举官员在距离选举仅剩数周的时间里，全面改革其系统以符合该新标准，而批评人士称邮政服务尚未准备好实施这一系统。
许多州选举办公室已经印制好了信封和选票。一名邮政服务官员在9月3日周四的法庭文件中表示，各州用于上传选民名单的在线门户网站尚未启用。该官员称，该门户网站可能会在9月7日当周的某个时间对希望使用它的州开放。
康涅狄格州民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔于周二公布的一名匿名联邦官员的举报人声明称，邮政服务正急于实施一个仓促制定的新系统，可能会在选举期间扰乱邮寄选票的递送。
美国政府曾要求联邦上诉法院撤销塔尔瓦尼最初的限制令。但在法官发布最新裁决之前，位于波士顿的美国第一巡回上诉法院尚未对该请求采取行动。
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US judge again blocks Postal Service’s mail-in voting restrictions
2026-09-04T21:56:45.95Z / Reuters
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BOSTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Boston extended on Friday a ban stopping President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing a new U.S. Postal Service rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections.
Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued the injunction at the behest of Democratic-led states and voting rights groups, after the first state in the country sent out mail ballots for the elections on Friday.
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Last week, Talwani, an appointee of Democratic President Barack Obama, issued a 14-day temporary restraining order to prevent USPS’ rule from being enforced while she considered whether to issue a longer-term injunction.
The administration on Thursday had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene and lift the restraining order so the rule could take effect. The court’s 6-3 conservative majority last week lifted a prior order Talwani issued preventing USPS from imposing such restrictions.
USPS issued its rule to implement an executive order Trump signed in March after years of the Republican president calling to restrict 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.
Voting rights advocates and several Democratic-led states convinced Talwani last week to temporarily block the rule, arguing it risked disenfranchising voters and was adopted in violation of the U.S. Constitution, which gives states the authority to administer elections.
Lawyers with the U.S. Department of Justice countered that USPS had clear authority to implement what they called “modest” envelope design requirements. They said state election officials would retain full control over who is permitted to vote by mail in their states if the rule went into effect.
All 50 states allow for some form of mail-in voting. Of those, 29 states allow voters to ask to cast ballots by mail without providing a reason, and eight conduct their elections entirely by mail. North Carolina on Friday became the first state to mail ballots for the November elections.
The rule, if allowed to take effect, could force state election officials to try to overhaul their systems with just weeks left until the elections to comply with a system that critics say USPS is not ready to implement.
Numerous state election offices already have their envelopes and ballots printed. A USPS official said in a court filing on Thursday, Sept. 3 that an online portal that states would use to upload their voter lists was not yet active. The official said it could be available for states that wish to use it at some point during the week of September 7.
A whistleblower statement from an anonymous federal official released on Tuesday by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, alleged that USPS was rushing to implement a hastily created new system that risked disrupting the delivery of mail ballots during the election.
The administration had asked a federal appeals court to set aside Talwani’s initial restraining order. But the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had not acted on that request before the judge issued her latest decision.
Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Rod Nickel
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