Following the Supreme’s….
The Federal judge IS allowing the Post Office to complete PLANS to obey Trump’s limitation on mail-in ballots….
The judge, like the High Court has NOT approved Trump’s executive order and has indicated that several challenges by Blue states ARE to be considered ….
The judge has indicated that she seems inclined to rule against Trump’s efforts after the Post Office sets their plan finished and she deals with another case on this issue….
A federal judge on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump, at least temporarily, to move forward with his effort to exert federal control over mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
The decision by Boston-based U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to lift an injunction that applied nationwide follows a Supreme Court decision favoring Trump in a similar case on Monday.
But with litigation moving swiftly, there remains a strong chance that key aspects of Trump’s mail-in ballots executive order will be blocked at some stage, possibly as soon as later on Wednesday.
The executive order directs the U.S. Postal Service to, among other things, track mail-in ballots and potentially reject those submitted by people not on a federal list of eligible voters.
Multiple legal challenges to the proposal, which conflicts with the states’ traditional role in administering elections, are pending.
Trump has frequently criticized mail-in ballots even though they are widely used by Republicans and Democrats all across the country.
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted a nationwide injunction that had blocked the executive order in a case brought by California and 22 other states. That ruling left in place a second injunction in a separate case brought by various groups including the League of Women Voters, which Talwani lifted on Wednesday. She is overseeing both cases…..
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