US judge sides with NAACP over proposed mail-in ballot restrictions
Key takeaways
- President Donald Trump has sought to limit mail-in voting and has ordered his administration to impose limits on the practice.
- On Wednesday in Washington, DC, District Judge Emmet Sullivan sided with the NAACP, a civil rights organisation, in its case against the US Postal Service (USPS).
- Sullivan found that the restrictions would likely violate a 2021 settlement requiring expedited handling for mail-in ballots.
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President Donald Trump has sought to limit mail-in voting and has ordered his administration to impose limits on the practice.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo US President Donald Trump speaks at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota on July 1 [Evan Vucci/Reuters]By Abby Rogers and Reuters Published On 1 Jul 20261 Jul 2026A federal judge in the United States has blocked proposed restrictions on mail-in voting that were championed by President Donald Trump.
On Wednesday in Washington, DC, District Judge Emmet Sullivan sided with the NAACP, a civil rights organisation, in its case against the US Postal Service (USPS).