A new rule being published by the United States Postal Service will require states to provide lists of voters who are eligible to receive mail-in ballots.

Or they will be blocked.

A report published at Fox News confirmed that the rule, first suggested in June, aligns the agency with President Donald Trump’s March 31 executive order, which, among other things, “ordered the agency to mandate that all states that plan to use USPS to send mail-in ballots notify the agency at least 90 days before an election and to send USPS a list of eligible voters the state plans on providing a mail-in ballot to at least 60 days before the election.”

The rule states, “Any state that intends to receive mail-in or absentee ballots from individual voters through the Postal Service must ensure that such individuals have been enrolled with the Postal Service for inclusion on the state’s Mail-In and Absentee Participation List.”

Further, it specifies that in order for an individual to be included on the list, their state must submit to the USPS the individual’s name and address and include a “uniquely serialized Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb)” on both the outbound federal ballot and the return ballot sent to the individual, the report confirmed.

The rule, however, doesn’t take effect unless an existing federal court demand is overturned.

A blowout to democrats…USPS moves ahead with mail-in ballot rule despite block from Obama- appointed judge.. pic.twitter.com/UH80zFknwQ

— American Nightmare 🇺🇸 (@thewakeninq) August 22, 2026

It confirmed anti-Trump judge, U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani, appointed by Barack Obama, exercised her activism in a initial preliminary injunction against the executive order.

She claimed that two parts, including the section pertaining to mail-in ballots and the Postal Service, failed to comply with the law.

Talwani renewed her application of her personal political beliefs in her renewal of her injunction later.

The rule, to be published officially on August 26, will take effect for the 2026 midterms if her injuinction is lifted.

Lawyers for the administration of President Donald Trump have explained judicial review was “premature under the ripeness doctrine:” as the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the election integrity plan “cannot demonstrate any harm from the proposed law until it takes effect.”

“Plaintiffs cannot demonstrate they suffer any particularized injury from ongoing policymaking deliberations within the Executive Branch. Instead, their concern is with possible ‘action that the [government] might take in the future,'” the objection, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, charged.

Postmaster General David Steiner said the ruling allows the agency to “match the ballots that a state believes they’re sending out to what actually gets sent out.”