August 27: In a case filed by the League of Women Voters and other voting rights organizations, a federal court granted the emergency request to block the US Postal Service (USPS) from implementing the newly-finalized mail ballot rule for the November midterm elections. That rule would assign USPS an unprecedented and illegal gatekeeping role in the administration of mail voting, and jeopardize the delivery of mail-in ballots to many voters.

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Register or check your registration no later than October 4. Compare candidates and make a plan to vote. The League recommends that you vote early, October 19-31, Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. at county early voting centers. If voting by absentee ballot, get it postmarked at the Post Office retail counter by November 3.