US appeals court rules Trump cannot implement mail-in voting order
The 2-1 ruling leaves an injunction in place after judges said the order could confuse voters and threaten disenfranchisement in the midterms.
- On Saturday, the Boston-based 1st Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration's request to lift an injunction, maintaining the block on Trump's executive order affecting mail-in voting in 23 states.
- President Donald Trump signed the order in March, directing Homeland Security to compile voter eligibility lists and requiring the Postal Service to restrict mail-in ballot delivery.
- District Judge Indira Talwani, appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, ruled the president lacks authority to regulate election procedures; the Constitution assigns the role of administering federal elections to states.
- The appeals court, in a 2-1 ruling, rejected the Justice Department's argument that lawsuits were premature; the Justice Department warned it may ask the Supreme Court to intervene.
- Voting rules remain blocked ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress, as Trump prioritizes approval of voting restrictions in the SAVE America Act.
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U.S. appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump’s order to create federal voter list
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that in nearly half of U.S. states halted President Donald Trump's executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list.
Trump Loses on Mail-in Voting
A federal appeals court dealt a blow over the weekend to one of President Trump's efforts to change mail-in voting rules ahead of the midterms. In a 2-1 decision, the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals refused Saturday to lift a lower-court injunction that blocked parts of Trump's order, siding...
A U.S. Federal Court of Appeal upheld a decision that, in almost half of the U.S. states, suspended President Donald Trump's decree to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit the sending of mail-order ballots to only those on that list.
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