The
Guardian - A federal judge on Friday again blocked Donald Trump’s
executive order to impose sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting, the latest
in a legal back-and-forth playing out less than two months before election day.
US district court judge Indira
Talwani initially placed a temporary order blocking the president’s mandate and
has now extended that prohibition with a stronger preliminary injunction. The
ruling comes hours after North Carolina became the first state to start sending
out mail-in ballots for the 3 November midterm elections.
“Plaintiff States are required
under state law to mail millions of ballots to voters on a prescribed
timeframe. As detailed below, they are unable to pivot this late in the
election cycle, nearly guaranteeing significant disenfranchisement for eligible
voters,” the judge wrote in her ruling.
Trump signed an executive order
in March that would create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters,
compelling the US Postal Service (USPS) to work with states to establish lists
of mail-in voters before elections. The result would mean a limited ballot
delivery only to voters on those lists.
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