Judge Blocks Trump Mail Ballot Order

A federal judge halted the Trump administration’s mail-in voting restrictions.

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U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani temporarily barred the U.S. Postal Service from implementing key parts of a Trump administration mail-ballot rule for at least 14 days. The order blocks plans tied to President Donald Trump’s executive order that would have tightened mail-ballot handling and required states to provide voter lists before November voting. Election officials were preparing to send the country’s first November mail ballots this week, making the timing central to state logistics. The Trump administration quickly appealed, asking a higher court to revive the Postal Service plans.

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Trump’s Postal Service restrictions are an attempt to suppress mail-in voting and tilt the midterms. The presidency should not be used to make voting by mail harder, decide which ballots count, or manipulate election machinery in ways that especially hurt Democratic voters.