DENVER — A federal judge has extended a pause on a U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting, ruling the measure unconstitutional and saying it overreaches authority stemming from a Donald Trump administration executive order. The extension keeps the postal rule from taking effect while the court weighs a broader challenge to its legality. The judge’s decision notes that the rule, like the executive order that prompted it, imposes restrictions that interfere with voters’ ability to cast ballots by mail — a function protected under federal election law and, the ruling argues, constitutional protections of voting access. The original Trump order, issued in 2020, directed the Postal Service to implement new sorting and handling restrictions for election mail, prompting lawsuits from voting rights groups and several states. Critics argued the measures were politically motivated and
Sources: Colorado Newsline (nonprofit statehouse newsroom)
