Supreme Court blocks Trump's mail-in voting restrictions ahead of midterms
The justices rejected a March executive order that would have restricted ballot delivery, but Trump's response signals ongoing legal battles over voting access.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's executive order that aimed to restrict mail-in voting by preventing the US Postal Service from delivering ballots to voters deemed ineligible by federal agencies. The order, issued in March, would have directed the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration to compile lists of supposedly ineligible noncitizen voters whose ballots would not be delivered.
Legal experts challenged the order as unconstitutional, arguing that federal agencies cannot set election rules—a power reserved for states. Trump's response to the court's decision has prompted concern among election observers about potential further disruptions to voting procedures ahead of the midterm elections, which could affect the roughly one-third of American voters who use mail-in ballots.
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- What Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting mean for the midterms — The Guardian — World
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