Federal appeals court upholds ruling blocking Trump's order to create federal voter list
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling blocking a Trump administration executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and restrict mail-in ballot delivery. The court agreed with state officials who argued that the president lacked the constitutional authority to set election rules.
Why it matters
This ruling reinforces the constitutional division of power, affirming that states, rather than the federal executive branch, hold primary authority over election administration.
A U.S. appellate court on Saturday upheld a federal ruling that, in nearly half of all states, blocked President Trump's executive order to create a list of eligible voters and limit the delivery of mail ballots to people on that list.The ruling by judges of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration's effort to move forward with the mail-in voting restrictions in 23 U.S. states that sued ahead of November's midterm elections. It followed an initial injunction ordered by a federal judge in Boston in June, which prevented the administration from enforcing Mr. Trump's executive order.Mr. Trump issued the order in March, requiring the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the commissioner of the Social Security Administration to create a "state citizenship list" of eligible voters. It also ordered the U.S.
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