US EditionJudge blocks Trump’s elections order in lawsuit by vote-by-mail states Oregon and Washington
The judge ruled the order exceeded presidential authority and risked disenfranchising thousands by rejecting ballots postmarked by Election Day, affecting nearly 134,000 voters, officials said.
- On Friday, a federal judge blocked enforcement of most of President Donald Trump's executive order on elections against Washington and Oregon, finding the order exceeded presidential authority.
- The order, issued in March, required documentary proof of citizenship to register and demanded that all mail ballots be received by Election Day, prompting Washington and Oregon, as exclusively vote-by-mail states, to sue.
- During the 2024 general election, Washington officials counted nearly 120,000 ballots received late but postmarked by election day, while Oregon officials received nearly 14,000 such ballots.
- Officials note that voting by noncitizens is rare and can lead to felony charges and deportation, while Washington Attorney General Nick Brown called the ruling `a huge victory for voters in Washington and Oregon, and for the rule of law`.
- Judges cited prior rulings in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., and stressed the Constitution grants Congress and the states authority to regulate federal elections.
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Judge blocks most of Trump's elections order against vote-by-mail states Oregon and Washington
A federal judge blocked President Trump's administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon.
Judge blocks Trump’s elections order in lawsuit by vote-by-mail states Oregon and Washington
A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.
Oregon Capital Chronicle
Federal judge blocks Trump election order, siding with Oregon, Washington
Jeff Ogg receives a ballot on Monday, May 16, 2022, at a drive-up Marion County ballot drop site in Salem. (Photo by Ron Cooper/Oregon Capital Chronicle)A federal judge in Washington state on Friday permanently blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a 2025 executive order that sought to require voters prove citizenship and that all ballots be received by Election Day. Oregon and Washington sued over the order last April, separately fro…
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