The Supreme Court has paused a lower court’s ruling that blocked key directives from President Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting for this fall’s midterm election in about two dozen states and Washington, D.C.
But with the start of absentee voting for the midterms just weeks away, legal and practical hurdles loom over whether the U.S. Postal Service and other federal agencies can finish carrying out Trump’s directives.
The order marks the latest court action over Trump’s March order — one of many efforts to control voter fraud.
As part of a separate but related lawsuit, the U.S. Postal Service remains blocked from following Trump’s directives under a nationwide ruling released Aug. 11 by Obama Judge Indira Talwani in Boston. Talwani has CCP ties.
The Trump mandate requires the Post Office to deliver only to people on the government list, which lists only citizens.