A judge declines to block Trump’s mail-in voting order : NPR
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Key Points:
- A federal judge, Carl Nichols, declined to temporarily block President Trump's executive order restricting voting by mail, allowing the order to remain in effect for now.
- The order directs the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration to create lists of adult U.S. citizens for state election officials and instructs the USPS to deliver mail-in ballots only to those on the lists.
- Plaintiffs challenging the order argue that only state legislatures and Congress have the authority to set federal election rules, and that the order oversteps USPS's authority; multiple lawsuits have been filed by Democrats, voting rights groups, and states.
- The administration is still deliberating how to implement the order, with the Justice Department working with agencies to ensure its goals are met, while a separate federal judge is expected to rule soon on related lawsuits in Massachusetts.
- Trump claims the order aims to prevent illegal voting by noncitizens, a phenomenon found to be extremely rare, despite many voters across party lines relying on mail-in voting.