US judge extends block on Trump order to restrict mail-in voting
Summary
A federal judge has extended an order blocking the US Postal Service from enforcing President Trump’s executive order to limit mail-in voting for the upcoming midterm elections. The decision stops changes to mail voting that states say are too late to implement and may affect millions of voters.Key Facts
- Judge Indira Talwani extended her previous order stopping the USPS from carrying out President Trump’s mail voting restrictions.
- North Carolina began sending mail ballots, and other states will follow soon, making it difficult to change voting procedures fast.
- The Trump administration plans to appeal the judge’s latest ruling and asked the Supreme Court to lift the block.
- The judge said states cannot quickly change how they send ballots without risking voter disenfranchisement, meaning some voters might not get to vote.
- No states have chosen to follow President Trump’s new mail voting rules so far.
- President Trump has claimed without evidence that mail voting caused his 2020 election loss and wants to limit it.
- Earlier efforts by President Trump to change voting rules were blocked by courts because states and Congress control election laws, not the president.
- The Supreme Court recently allowed the USPS rule to move forward technically but said the lawsuits were premature, so the cases were restarted in lower courts.
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