Trump appointed federal judge cuts mail-in voting

Independence Journal -   A Trump-appointed judge just let the White House move ahead with a sweeping mail-in voting overhaul that critics say hands Washington new control over who even gets a ballot. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., refused to block President Trump’s executive order tightening rules for voting by mail, allowing it to move forward while lawsuits continue.

The order directs federal agencies to build lists of “eligible” voters for every state and tells the United States Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on those lists. Civil-rights and voting groups argue the order is unconstitutional, violates state control over elections, and risks stripping lawful voters of easy access to the ballot.

The ruling highlights a deeper struggle over who really runs American elections: states and local communities, or an increasingly powerful federal executive branch.