New Jersey attorney general praises Supreme Court decision blocking USPS mail-in ballot rule
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport on Monday praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to allow the U.S. Postal Service to enforce new requirements concerning mail-in ballots while litigation continues.
The Supreme Court denied the federal government’s application to stay a lower court injunction blocking implementation of portions of a Postal Service rule concerning federal-election ballot mail. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from the denial.
Davenport issued the following statement in response:
“We are pleased that the Supreme Court refused to permit the U.S. Postal Service to require states to implement this rushed and arbitrary rule. This rule sought to undermine the states’ established vote-by-mail systems and throw our elections into chaos.
“The Supreme Court correctly rejected this latest attempt by the Trump Administration to take election administration away from the states and undermine our elections. We will continue to fight for free and fair elections—and we’ll continue to win.
“We’ll always keep fighting to protect every New Jerseyan’s vote.”
The Postal Service’s final rule concerns requirements for federal-election ballot mail. A federal district court in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction Sept. 4 blocking portions of the rule, prompting the federal government to ask the Supreme Court to stay that injunction.
The Supreme Court denied that request Sept. 14, leaving the lower court’s injunction in place while the litigation proceeds.
