The order will remain in place while the court considers whether to enter a preliminary injunction.

By Donald Eng and CTNewsJunkie staff, CTNewsJunkie.com

Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 24 other states and the District of Columbia have secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, temporarily blocking a new rule by the United States Postal Service (USPS) that would have imposed what Tong called burdensome requirements on vote-by-mail systems ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.

According to Tong’s office, the order blocks USPS from requiring states to obtain the federal government’s approval of ballot and return-envelope designs, register for a new USPS portal for tracking voter information, input information for each of their state’s voters into the portal, and comply with other provisions.

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