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Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms
The Justice Department says the order is not yet implemented and that lower courts blocked it too early, before agencies finalized rules.
- On July 27, the Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift lower court injunctions blocking President Donald Trump's March executive order, which restricts mail-in ballot delivery in 23 states and Washington, D.C.
- Trump signed the directive in March to restrict U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot delivery to verified citizens, prompting 23 states to sue, arguing the Constitution grants states—not the White House—exclusive authority over election administration.
- In June, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani barred the order's enforcement, finding it unconstitutional; the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld this, noting it forces states to divert resources and threatens voter disenfranchisement.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson declined the administration's request for an immediate administrative stay, instead ordering plaintiff states to submit responses by August 3, leaving the disputed ballot requirements blocked.
- Solicitor General D. John Sauer argues the lawsuit is premature because agencies are still deliberating implementation, while the administration faces an uphill battle to finalize rules before the November 3 midterm elections that determine congressional control.
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A mailbox in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom) A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the federal government can continue implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting vote-by-mail, reaching the opposite conclusion that another appeals panel decided over the weekend. The conflict appeared to make it even more clear the issue will have to be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court, which already has be…
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