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The coalition argues the finalized USPS rule exceeds the agency's authority and risks disenfranchising voters less than 10 weeks before the election
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A coalition of 23 states, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Boston seeking to block a finalized U.S. Postal Service rule that imposes new requirements on mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections, according to CNBC.
The lawsuit, brought by Democratic attorneys general, targets a 95-page rule the Postal Service published last Friday. Under the rule, state election officials must register each mail voter's name and address in a new USPS portal and equip outgoing and return ballot envelopes with unique barcodes tied to individual voters. At the point of acceptance, postal workers would scan each ballot envelope to check that its barcode is registered in the federal portal; envelopes that do not pass that check would be sent back to election officials for correction and resubmission. Ballot envelope designs must also be submitted to USPS for review.
