The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 24 ruled that President Donald Trump may—for the time being—enforce his executive order restricting voting by mail ahead of the November midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
The high court’s unsigned order in favor of the Trump administration allows the federal government to enforce the president’s executive order 14399, dated March 31, which aimed to tighten mail-in voting rules in 23 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia, which challenged it in court.
The executive order requires federal agencies to develop state-by-state lists of verified U.S. citizens of voting age. It directs the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to begin the process of creating new government regulations about how mail-in and absentee ballots are handled, publish the proposed regulations to allow for public comment, and eventually publish the final, binding regulations….