US judge rejects immediate block on Trump’s mail-in voting executive order
Summary
A U.S. judge refused to immediately block President Donald Trump’s executive order that tightens rules on mail-in voting. The judge said the case is premature because the new rules are not yet in effect but allowed Democrats to challenge the order later.Key Facts
- Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, ruled in Washington, D.C. against stopping the order right away.
- Democrats and civil rights groups say the order may be unconstitutional because election rules belong to states and Congress, not the president.
- The judge said the government has not finished making rules to enforce the order, so harm from it is only possible, not certain.
- Trump’s order requires Homeland Security to make lists of confirmed U.S. citizens eligible to vote and USPS to send mail-in ballots only to those on state voting lists.
- Voting rights groups worry the federal databases used may have errors that exclude some legal voters.
- Mail-in voting has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic and remains popular across many states.
- Democrats say the order could cause confusion close to the November midterm elections and violate the Constitution.
- The judge said future government actions based on this order can still be challenged in court later.
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