Federal judge limits challenges to Trump mail-in voting order [View all]
Source: The Hill
A federal judge on Thursday said she’ll only consider parts of challenges to President Trump’s executive order that seeks to restrict mail-in voting, ruling the plaintiffs need to wait before raising concerns about elections beyond this year.
A group of voter education nonprofits and Democratic-led states separately sued the Trump administration in April in an attempt to block the executive order, which also requires states to verify that only U.S. citizens are registered.
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani denied the administration’s bid to dismiss the claims entirely, allowing challenges pertaining to the November midterms to go forward. She determined that the court should not delay review given the “ever-narrowing window of time” before the election and some states’ primaries.
“In light of the EO’s specific deadlines over the next three months, and the reality that elections will be occurring throughout this period with the November 3, 2026 midterm occurring in just five months, postponing judicial review is impracticable and may inflict significant hardship on Plaintiffs,” Talwani wrote in a 17-page consolidated order.
Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5931005-trump-mail-in-ballot-challenges-limit/
Despite the title, this is still a win for the states.
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