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Judge expands block on USPS work on Trump mail voting order : NPR
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Key Points:
- A federal judge in Boston, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, has expanded a block on President Trump's executive order that limits voting by mail for the upcoming midterm election.
- The expanded ruling prohibits the U.S. Postal Service from implementing Trump's directives nationwide, extending beyond the 23 mainly Democratic-led states and D.C. previously covered.
- Judge Talwani determined that voting rights groups are likely to succeed in their claim that the executive order exceeds presidential authority and noted it is causing voter confusion.
- Trump's order requires the USPS to deliver absentee ballots only to voters on state-compiled eligibility lists, a measure the president claims prevents illegal voting by non-citizens, despite evidence showing such fraud is rare.
- The Supreme Court has yet to rule on Talwani's earlier decision, and the legal battle over the executive order continues.
