Supreme Court blocks Trump's plan to restrict mail-in ballots

The White House did not immediately comment on the decision.About 30% of voters, mostly Democrats, cast postal ballots in the general election two years ago.Since returning to the White House, Trump has sought to restrict voting by mail. While he himself has voted by post, he has long claimed this method allows non-citizens to cast ballots and is prone to fraud. In March's executive order, the president directed USPS to introduce unique barcodes on postal ballot envelopes. State and local election officials would also be required to supply information to an online portal about voters who receive mail ballots.Twenty-three states and Washington DC sued to stop Trump's order.The postal workers' union also said clerks could not be trained in time for the election.In court filings, the Trump administration maintained the new USPS rules were constitutional.It said states "cannot choose to use the federal mails to carry out their elections but then insist that their election-related mail is somehow exempt from the Postal Service's rule-making authority, conferred by Congress".Boston-based Judge Indira Talwani imposed an injunction on 4 September blocking Trump's order. She ruled that impl...