A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's request to implement an executive order that would have tightened mail-in voting rules in 23 states. The order aimed to create a federal list of eligible voters and restrict ballot delivery.
The ruling prevents the Trump administration from implementing significant changes to mail-in voting procedures in numerous states, potentially impacting election administration and voter access in the upcoming midterm elections.
A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's effort to implement an executive order that would have tightened mail-in voting rules in 23 U.S. states ahead of the November midterm elections. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling that key parts of the order were unconstitutional.
The executive order, issued in March, aimed to create a federal list of eligible voters and direct the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to individuals on that list. State election officials had argued that the order was unconstitutional and could lead to chaos, while President Trump touted it as a safeguard against non-U.S. citizens voting.
A separate federal judge in Washington D.C. had previously blocked the Postal Service nationwide from implementing the order, citing a violation of a settlement in a 2020 lawsuit. The NAACP, which brought that lawsuit, celebrated the ruling as a blow to attempts to "rig the election."
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