US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump’s order to create a federal voter list
Summary
A federal appeals court has kept in place a ruling that stops President Donald Trump’s order to create a federal list of eligible voters and restrict mail ballot delivery only to people on that list. The court ruling affects 23 states and the District of Columbia that sued to block the order before the November midterm elections.Key Facts
- President Trump issued an executive order to create a “state citizenship list” of voters using federal agencies.
- The order also instructed the U.S. Postal Service to send mail ballots only to people on that list.
- The goal was to prevent non-U.S. citizens from voting, according to the Trump administration.
- Officials from 23 states and D.C. challenged the order, calling it unconstitutional because election rules belong to states and Congress, not the president.
- A federal judge blocked the order before the midterm elections, but only in the suing states.
- The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that block, keeping the order from going forward in those states.
- The White House and Justice Department did not comment immediately after the court’s decision.
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