USPS finalizes rule requiring states to provide voter lists for mail-in ballots

The U.S. Postal Service has finalized a rule requiring states to provide lists of voters who receive mail-in ballots, a move that could prevent the agency from delivering ballots in states that fail to comply.

The rule, published Friday, follows an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March directing the USPS to impose new requirements on mail-in voting. 

Under the rule, states would have to submit voters’ names and addresses, along with unique barcodes assigned to ballot envelopes.

The measure is intended to apply to the November midterm elections, but it remains blocked by a federal court injunction. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani has ruled that portions of Trump’s executive order, including the provisions involving the USPS and mail-in ballots, cannot currently be enforced