U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston extended an injunction blocking the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing a Trump administration rule that would impose new requirements on mail-in ballots ahead of the November congressional elections. The decision came after North Carolina became the first state to send out mail ballots Friday. The rule would require states to provide USPS with lists of mail-ballot recipients and place unique barcodes on outbound and return ballot envelopes. USPS could refuse delivery of ballots that lack the required information or are linked to voters absent from the submitted lists. The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift Talwani's earlier temporary block, after the court's 6-3 conservative majority lifted a prior order against the restrictions last week. State officials and voting-rights groups argue the policy risks disenfranchisement and intrudes on states' constitutional authority over elections, while the administration calls the envelope requirements modest. A USPS official said its voter-list portal was not active as of September 3.