Federal judge again blocks Trump's mail ballot executive order

Key Points:

• A federal judge, Indira Talwani, has temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order limiting mail voting for two weeks, just before the midterm elections when mail ballots are set to be sent out.
• The legal battle over the order, which requires states to provide voter lists and specific envelope formats for mail ballots, has significant implications as nearly one-third of Americans vote by mail and election officials claim there isn't enough time to comply with the new rules.
• Democrats and voting rights groups argue the Postal Service's demands are unconstitutional, asserting that election rules are the purview of states and Congress, not the president or Postal Service.
• The case may be appealed to the Supreme Court again after the justices recently allowed the administration to proceed on procedural grounds without ruling on the order's legality.
• Critics, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, say the rule is an unwarranted federal interference in elections, while Trump continues to target mail voting despite its minimal fraud rate and his own use of it.