The Trump administration scored a legal victory on Tuesday after a federal appeals court threw out a judge’s ruling that blocked Postal Service changes that were feared to slow down mail-in voting in the final stretch of the 2020 election.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the states challenging the changes went to the wrong court. Rather than seek emergency relief from a federal district judge, the court said, they first had to take their complaint to the Postal Regulatory Commission — even if that route could have taken too long to provide a remedy before Election Day.