Appeals court maintains blockade on Trump's plan to use post office to police mailed ballots
A federal appeals court refused to revive President Trump's scheme to have the U.S. Postal Service oversee mail-in voting and refuse to deliver ballots it deems invalid, ruling Thursday that the federal government didn't make a convincing case for why it should move forward.
TL;DR
- A federal appeals court refused to revive President Trump's plan.
- The plan involved the U.S. Postal Service overseeing mail-in voting.
- USPS would have refused to deliver ballots deemed invalid under the plan.
- The court ruled the federal government did not make a convincing case to move forward.