Trump administration lawyers filed an emergency application with the nation’s highest court seeking permission for the US Postal Service to enforce restrictions on mail-in voting, even as some states have already begun sending mail-in ballots ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.

US District Judge Indira Talwani, based in Boston, extended an injunction on Friday preventing the new rule from taking effect.

The Supreme Court will now decide whether the administration can proceed with the restrictions.

John Sauer, representing the Trump administration before the Supreme Court, urged the justices to allow the rule to take effect immediately, warning that leaving the lower court’s order in place “risks creating confusion and chaos” as more states begin distributing mail-in ballots.

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson set a Wednesday deadline for responses to the administration’s request.

The administration had previously filed an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to overturn a temporary order issued by Talwani. Before the Supreme Court ruled on that request, Talwani extended the injunction on Friday, prompting the administration to file a new application on Sunday.

Trump has spent years calling for restrictions on mail-in voting, amid his false claims that his defeat in the 2020 presidential election was the result of widespread election fraud.