Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms
Summary
The Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to continue with his order to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. However, it is uncertain how much of the order can be put in place before the elections, as several legal challenges remain.Key Facts
- President Trump signed an executive order in March to limit mail-in voting by requiring voter eligibility lists for mail ballot delivery.
- The U.S. Postal Service outlined plans to follow this order last week, but time is limited before midterm ballots are sent out.
- Twenty-three states and Washington D.C., mostly led by Democrats, sued to stop the order, arguing states control elections.
- A Massachusetts judge blocked the order for those states, and an appeals court upheld part of that block nationwide.
- The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court, which allowed the order to move forward on legal procedural grounds.
- About a dozen Republican-leaning states support the Trump administration’s appeal and say they will have input on final voter lists.
- The Supreme Court has previously ruled states can count some mail-in ballots received after Election Day, against Trump-backed arguments.
- President Trump has claimed, without strong evidence, that mail-in voting leads to fraud.
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