Judge blocks Trump executive order on mail-in voting
Summary
A federal judge in Boston has stopped President Trump’s order that would tighten mail-in voting rules and require a federal list of eligible voters for each state. The judge ruled that only states—not the federal government—have the authority to manage voter lists and that the order cannot be enforced.Key Facts
- President Trump signed an executive order in March to create a federal list of eligible voters for every state using Social Security data.
- The order also told the U.S. Postal Service to send mail-in ballots only to people on these federal lists.
- U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani blocked these parts of the order, saying neither the president nor Congress has the power to control voter rolls.
- Talwani said states alone have the authority to manage voting eligibility.
- The order directed the attorney general to prioritize prosecuting election officials who don’t use the federal lists.
- The judge said this could scare local election officials and interfere with voting rights.
- The Postal Service was told to refuse ballots in states that don’t send approved voter lists to the federal government.
- Another judge in Washington, D.C. had previously allowed parts of the order but that decision is being appealed by opponents.
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