U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani lifted the final injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s mail-voting order, allowing USPS to proceed as fresh challenges continue. [S2][S4]
Earlier that day, a coalition of 24 states and the District of Columbia sued in federal court to block the new USPS mail-voting rule before the November midterms. [S2][S3]
Verification result: verified, because independent reports corroborate both the lawsuit and the lifted injunction, and none of the material claims is contradicted by the validated record. [S2][S3][S4]
The sequence was a USPS final rule on Friday, a procedural Supreme Court ruling on Monday, and the new lawsuit plus Talwani’s injunction ruling on Wednesday. [S2][S3][S4]
The rule requires states to submit mail-voter information and use reviewed ballot envelopes carrying unique or trackable barcodes. [S2][S3]
Neither judicial ruling decided the policy’s legality, and challengers may seek another injunction, so verification applies to the reported procedural state rather than the rule’s lawfulness or durability. [S2][S4]
The only apparent inconsistency is temporal: the CT Mirror/AP copy said Talwani had not yet acted on the second injunction, while later reporting said she lifted it, making the earlier status superseded rather than a validated contradiction. [S2][S5]
