US appeals court upholds halt to Trump's executive order to create voter list
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that blocks President Trump's executive order to create a federal voter list and restrict mail-in ballot delivery. The court rejected the administration's attempt to implement these changes in 23 states that had challenged the order as unconstitutional.
Why it matters
This ruling reinforces the limits of presidential authority over state-run election administration and protects existing mail-in voting procedures for the midterm elections.
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A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that in nearly half of U.S. states halted President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list.
The ruling Saturday 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.
Trump issued an executive order in March for 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. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on that list.
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