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Appeals Court Lifts Block on USPS Mail-In Ballot Plan in Win for Trump
Mediaite ^ | 07/17/2026 | Zoe Engels

Posted on 07/18/2026 10:18:12 AM PDT by DFG

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a stay on Friday, temporarily lifting a lower court’s block on USPS’s mail-in ballot proposal, in a major win for President Donald Trump.

On March 31, Trump issued an executive order, “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections,” which directs federal agencies to develop state-specific lists of voters who are confirmed U.S. citizens. A provision calls on USPS not to handle mail-in or absentee ballots from individuals, unless they appear on the state-specific, federally approved citizenship lists.

Ahead of the midterm elections, Trump has been feverishly calling on Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voter registration, mandate photo identification at the ballot box and heavily restrict mail-in voting.

In response to Trump’s executive order, USPS issued a proposal that would require states to meet certain conditions before USPS could handle the mail ballots. Those conditions include providing USPS with lists of eligible mail-in voters and adopting specific USPS ballot formats and tracking requirements.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) argued the proposal contradicts a 2021 settlement that requires “USPS officials to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to ensure timely delivery of ballots,” according to Reuters.

U.S. ​District Judge Emmet Sullivan issued an injunction that blocked USPS from implementing its proposal.

However, that block is now on a temporary hold as a three-judge panel ruled Friday that the NAACP’s challenge is premature as the “proposed rule is likely neither constitutionally nor prudentially ripe for review,” per the stay. It also notes that delaying the proposal could prevent USPS from issuing and implementing a final rule ahead of November’s midterm elections.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: emmetsullivan; mailinballots; usps

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1 posted on 07/18/2026 10:18:12 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

How is it a win. The court said the action would be unconstitutional/illegal if it were implemented and it won’t be before the election.

Headline does not match reality.


2 posted on 07/18/2026 10:29:40 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: DFG
It must have really hurt the editors of this steaming pile of sh*t leftwing website to publish a story with good news for Trump.

This "judge" Emmitt Sullivan is a POS as well for being grotesquely unfair to Michael Flynn.
3 posted on 07/18/2026 10:33:43 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: DFG

Trump is not thinking critically. The USPS was complicit in the 2020 election fraud. Doesn’t he remember that?

Using them to help stop election fraud is like him inviting 600,000 Chinese students into the USA.

SMH


4 posted on 07/18/2026 10:38:21 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Dan in Wichita

Sullivan is a rat and a traitor.


5 posted on 07/18/2026 10:39:43 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
Read it again.   The article was about President Trump's executive order, “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections,”...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a stay on Friday, temporarily lifting a lower court’s block on USPS’s mail-in ballot proposal, in a major win for President Donald Trump.

Then out of the blue the text:

(NAACP) argued the proposal contradicts a 2021 settlement that requires “USPS officials to take ‘extraordinary measures’ to ensure timely delivery of ballots,” according to Reuters.
It seems the article intentionally tried to dirty the water.
However, that block is now on a temporary hold as a three-judge panel ruled Friday that the NAACP’s challenge is premature as the “proposed rule is likely neither constitutionally nor prudentially ripe for review,” per the stay.
They tried to mix up President Trumps executive order with NAACP’s challenge.
6 posted on 07/18/2026 12:13:41 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: Trumpisourlastchance

That’s not what the court said.


7 posted on 07/18/2026 12:31:11 PM PDT by citizen (All Bush-era RINOs have got to be primaried out.)
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To: DFG
There's always another seditious judge.

Still zero impeached judges.

Still zero 'elite' arrests.

108 days until midterms.

GET IN THE FIGHT!!

8 posted on 07/18/2026 12:34:19 PM PDT by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: DFG

Like George Washington, Donald Trump is the indispensable man.


9 posted on 07/18/2026 12:35:34 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: DFG
Federal Court ENDS DEMOCRAT MAIL IN VOTING AS WE KNOW IT!!!!!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJQe7auiyBE

10 posted on 07/18/2026 2:25:44 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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