Judge blocks Trump’s mail-in voting plan, again

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/27/judge-blocks-trumps-mail-in-voting-plan-again-01053826

The Trump administration’s bid to overhaul mail-in voting ahead of the midterms is on hold once again.

特朗普政府在中期选举前改革邮寄投票的尝试再次被搁置。

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani ruled late Thursday that the administration’s plan to use the Postal Service to limit mail-in voting would impose onerous new requirements on states without enough time to implement them — potentially disenfranchising large numbers of voters.

美国地区法官英迪拉·塔尔瓦尼(Indira Talwani)周四深夜裁定，政府利用邮政系统限制邮寄投票的计划会给各州强加苛刻的新要求，而各州根本来不及执行——可能导致大量选民被剥夺投票权。

The Massachusetts-based Obama appointee barred the Postal Service from continuing to implement its plan for at least the next two weeks, calling it “a likely unconstitutional regulation for which compliance is practically impossible as to the 2026 midterm elections, now little more than two months away.”

这位马萨诸塞州的奥巴马任命法官禁止邮政系统在未来至少两周内继续执行该计划，称其“很可能违宪，且距 2026 年中期选举只剩两个多月，实际执行根本不可能”。

The Trump administration is certain to appeal Talwani’s decision. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court swept aside an earlier lawsuit aimed at blocking the Postal Service plan, concluding that it had been filed prematurely — in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump — and didn’t give the administration a chance to attempt to implement it.

特朗普政府必然会就塔尔瓦尼的裁决提起上诉。本周早些时候，最高法院刚驳回了早前一起旨在叫停邮政计划的诉讼，认为其提起过早——是为回应唐纳德·特朗普总统的行政令而起诉——没给政府执行机会。

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But that changed last week, when the Postal Service finalized its regulation governing mail-in ballots, triggering a new wave of lawsuits aimed at stopping the plan, and giving Talwani another chance to weigh in on whether it could be implemented this year.

但上周情况变了：邮政系统敲定了邮寄选票的监管规则，引发新一轮旨在阻止该计划的诉讼，也让塔尔瓦尼(Talwani)法官又有机会裁定这计划今年能不能落地。

The lawsuits, filed by a coalition of blue-state attorneys general and voting rights organizations, contended that the effort to quickly impose new requirements for mail-in ballots would hamper states’ efforts to administer the 2026 elections.

由蓝州总检察长和投票权组织组成的联盟提起的这些诉讼主张，仓促对邮寄选票实施新要求，会妨碍各州办理2026年的选举。

Earlier Thursday, the administration urged Talwani to refrain from blocking the Postal Service’s plan, saying it was a key step in preventing fraud and establishing a uniform system for mail-in ballots. In her order, Talwani noted, “the record continues to lack any evidence regarding fraudulent absentee or mail-in voting.”

周四早些时候，政府方敦促塔尔瓦尼不要叫停邮政的计划，称这是防止舞弊、建立邮寄选票统一制度的关键一步。塔尔瓦尼在裁定书中指出，“案卷里始终没有任何关于缺席投票或邮寄投票存在舞弊的证据。”

“The Postal Service will not determine voter eligibility, ballot content, mailing or receipt deadlines, or ballot-counting procedures,” the Justice Department contended. “The Rule does not displace a single State election law. And it need not and should not prevent a single voter from voting by mail.”

司法部主张：“邮政不会决定选民资格、选票内容、邮寄或接收截止日期，也不会决定计票程序。这条规则不会取代任何一部州选举法，也没必要、更不应该阻止任何一个选民通过邮寄投票。”

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6055691-wyoming-governor-criticizes-doj-election-monitors/

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) on Wednesday said election monitors deployed to the state by the Department of Justice (DOJ) were behaving in an “aggressive” and “irregular” manner during the primary election.

怀俄明州州长马克·戈登(Mark Gordon，共和党)周三表示，司法部(DOJ)派到该州的选举监督员在初选期间表现得“咄咄逼人”、“不按常理”。

“It sounded like the behavior of the observers was a bit aggressive,” he said at a state canvassing board meeting Wednesday, according to NBC News.

据NBC新闻报道，他在周三州选举核实委员会会议上说：“监督员的行为听起来有点咄咄逼人。”

He later added that their “behavior seemed to exceed what the authority that Congress had given them was.”

他后来补充说，他们的“行为似乎超出了国会赋予他们的权限”。

Last Tuesday, Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray earned the GOP party nomination for the House, while former state Sen. Lisa Kinney won the Democratic primary for the Cowboy State’s at-large seat in the lower chamber.

上周二，怀俄明州州务卿查克·格雷(Chuck Gray)拿下共和党众议员提名，而前州参议员丽莎·金尼(Lisa Kinney)赢下了“牛仔州”众议院全州席位的民主党初选。

While voters cast their ballots, Debra Lee, a Laramie County clerk, said poll monitors began to ask questions about their tabulators and training guides for poll workers.

投票进行期间，拉勒米县选举书记员黛布拉·李(Debra Lee)说，投票监督员开始打听他们的计票机和投票站工作人员培训手册的情况。

Lee told NBC News she refused to allow those deployed from the DOJ to interview voters and noted that some of their questions were “outside the scope of federal voting rights laws.”

李告诉NBC新闻，她拒绝让司法部派来的人面见选民，并指出其中一些问题“超出了联邦投票权法的范围”。

“Shortly after learning of their presence, I spoke with a DOJ official in Washington who informed me that the decision to deploy monitors to Wyoming was made on short notice, and an email had been sent to me, but it may have gone to the wrong address,” Lee continued.

李接着说：“得知他们到场后不久，我和华盛顿的一位司法部官员通了话，对方告诉我，向怀俄明派监督员是临时决定的，本来给我发过一封邮件，但可能发错了地址。”

For years, the DOJ has deployed election monitors to states to observe voting across the country.

多年来，司法部一直向各州派遣选举监督员，观察全国各地的投票。

Last week, the DOJ said 1,000 poll monitors would be deployed during the midterms; dozens had already been deployed to observe primaries including the Tuesday runoff for the GOP Senate nomination in South Carolina.

上周，司法部称将在中期选举期间部署1000名投票监督员；已有数十人被派去观察各州初选，包括周二南卡罗来纳州的共和党参议员提名决胜投票。

“Voters deserve absolute confidence that their ballots are secure and their voices are heard without interference,” Darin Smith, the U.S. attorney for the District of Wyoming, said in a statement last week regarding poll monitors in the state.

怀俄明联邦检察官达林·史密斯(Darin Smith)上周就该州的投票监督员发表声明说：“选民理应完全相信，他们的选票是安全的、他们的声音能不受干扰地被听到。”

“We are working alongside local officials to ensure every lawful vote is protected,” he added.

他补充道：“我们正与地方官员合作，确保每一张合法选票都受到保护。”

The minutes from Wednesday’s state canvassing meeting say Smith was informed of Gordon’s concerns regarding poll monitors’ behavior during voting.

周三州核实委员会的会议纪要显示，史密斯已被告知戈登对监督员投票期间行为表现的不满。

>>1532876

>an email had been sent to me, but it may have gone to the wrong address

>邮件本来是发给我了，但可能发错了地址

I remember using that excuse for college assignments I didn’t do.

我大学没交作业的时候就是用这个借口的。

Poor Trump can’t have his fun this way…

可怜的川普，这下没法这么玩了……

>>1532876

>Didn't show credentials

>没出示证件

So why weren't they arrested?

那为什么不把他们抓起来？

>>1532907

There's different rules for Republicans you see.

你懂的，共和党人有一套专门的规则嘛。

>>1532925

I noticed, they'll all backing the rapist trump, no questions asked and now they're in lock step supporting that wife and child beater in Ohio.

我算是看明白了，他们全都无条件力挺强奸犯川普，问都不问一句，现在又步调一致地力挺俄亥俄那个打老婆打孩子的家伙。

>>1532945

>They're in *goose*step supporting that wife and child beater in Ohio.

>他们是“鹅步”齐刷刷地力挺俄亥俄那个打老婆打孩子的家伙。（把 lockstep 改成 goosestep「正步」的讽刺梗）

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garbage trump

垃圾川普