The federal judge has temporarily blocked the new USPS rule that imposes restrictions on mail ballots.

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s new U.S. Postal Service rule setting new restrictions for mail ballots. Judge Talwani’s TRO lasts for 14 days while she considers the preliminary injunction requests, with a hearing set for Sept. 3.

#BREAKING: In the League of Women Voters case, Judge Talwani (D. Mass.) has issued a temporary restraining order freezing the USPS Final Rule on mail-in ballots from going into effect for 14 days (while the parties litigate whether she should enter a preliminary injunction blocking it indefinitely).