Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms
The emergency appeal seeks to lift a block on changes that would limit mail ballots to voters on a federal citizenship list, officials said.
- On Monday, The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to allow President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail-in voting to take effect, seeking to bypass lower court rulings blocking the directive ahead of Nov elections.
- President Trump issued an executive order in March directing Social Security Administration and Immigration Services to compile a "state citizenship list," instructing the Postal Service to restrict mail ballot delivery exclusively to individuals on that list.
- Democratic officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia sued, arguing the Constitution grants election authority to states and Congress, not the president; District Court Judge Indira Talwani halted the order in June.
- A 1st Circuit Court panel affirmed the Massachusetts ruling over the weekend, prompting this emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.
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