President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules in 23 states and the District of Columbia cannot be implemented, a federal appeals court ruled on Saturday.
The 2–1 ruling upheld a lower judge’s decision that blocked the order, dealing a blow to Trump’e election integrity efforts ahead of the November midterms as Republicans seek to hold onto slim majorities in both chambers of Congress.
“The undisputed summary judgment record indicates that, were the EO to take effect for the elections taking place in September and November, it would sow confusion and threaten disenfranchisement of many eligible voters,” the majority of judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit said in the decision….