特朗普政府周四向美国最高法院提出紧急上诉，寻求允许立即实施美国邮政总局关于邮寄选票的新规定，批评人士称，这些规定阻碍了各州进行选举的权力。
针对美国邮政总局规定的临时限制令将于9月10日到期，但可能会无限期延长。美国邮政总局的规定是由唐纳德·特朗普总统旨在收紧邮寄选票的行政命令引发的。一名联邦地区法院法官即将做出裁决。
USPS上个月公布的新规则要求各州报告选民的基本信息，如选民的姓名和家庭住址，附在每张邮寄选票上的唯一条形码上。然后，邮政工作人员只会把选票寄给出现在州政府提供的名单上的选民。
上个月法规公布后，数十名民主党州检察长起诉了特朗普政府，此前最高法院驳回了一项诉讼，称挑战为时过早，因为法规尚未最终确定。
特朗普政府在最近向大法官提出的上诉中坚持认为，这些规定只对各州提出了“适度”的选票设计和审查要求，提交预定收件人的姓名、地址和条形码信息的要求并不繁重或具有侵扰性。
“这项规定显然没有控制各州的选举管理——它只是对某些与选举相关的邮件提出了合理的准备要求，”司法部副部长约翰·绍尔在法庭文件中写道。
“该规则对美国邮政的监管——而不是联邦选举——显然是符合宪法的，”他辩称。
绍尔告诉大法官，他们等待批准政府请求的时间越长，一些州就越有可能无法在为秋季选举打印邮寄选票之前遵守新规则，进而可能剥夺一些选民接收美国邮政服务公司交付的选票的权利。
挑战美国邮政管理局规则的各州必须在9月8日星期二上午10点之前做出正式回应，然后法院才会做出决定。
各州和选民权益团体认为，美国邮政总局的新规定是特朗普政府试图将选举联邦化的一次尝试，从历史和宪法上看，选举是由每个州管理的，这使得日常公民更难通过邮件投票。
Trump administration files urgent appeal with Supreme Court over USPS mail-in ballot rules
The Trump administration on Thursday filed an urgent appeal with the U．S． Supreme Court seeking permission to immediately implement new U．S． Postal Service rules for mail ballots that critics say impede on states＇ authority to run elections．
Atemporary restraining orderagainst the USPS rules， which were prompted by President Donald Trump＇sexecutive order aimed at tightening access to mail ballots， is set to expire on Sept． 10 but could be extended indefinitely．A federal district court judge is set to rule imminently．
The new rules， published by USPS last month， require states to report basic voter information， such as a voter＇s name and home address， attached to a unique barcode on every mail-in ballot distributed． Postal workers would then only deliver ballots addressed to voters who appear on the state-provided list．
Following the publication of the regulations last month， dozens of Democratic state attorneys general sued the Trump administration after an earlier lawsuit wasblocked by the Supreme Court，which said the challenge was premature since the regulations hadn＇t been finalized．
In its latest appeal to the justices，the Trump administration insisted the rules impose only ＂modest＂ ballot design and review requirements on states and that a requirement to submit name， address， and barcode information of intended recipients is not onerous or intrusive．
＂The rule thus plainly does not seize control of states＇ administration of elections — it simply imposes reasonable preparation requirements for certain election-related mail，＂ Solicitor General John Sauer wrote in the court filing．
＂The rule＇s regulation of the U．S． mail — not federal elections — is plainly constitutional，＂ he argued．
Sauer told the justices that the longer they wait to grant the administration＇s request the more likely it is that some states may not be able to comply with the new rules before having their mail ballots printed for the fall election and， in turn， might deprive some voters of being able to receive a ballot delivered by USPS．
The states challenging the USPS rule have until Tuesday， Sept． 8， at 10 a．m． to formally respond before the court makes a decision．
The states and voter advocacy groups have argued that the new USPS regulations are an attempt by the Trump administration to federalize elections， which are historically and constitutionally managed by each state， and make it harder to vote by mail for everyday citizens．
