FILE-An election worker processes mail-in ballots at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center during California's state primary election in the City of Industry, California, on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)
A federal judge stopped attempts to enact President Donald Trump’s executive order to limit mail voting.
This ruling delayed the directive for a second time only roughly a week before the first mail ballots are set to be sent out for the midterm elections in November.
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The Associated Press reported that District Court Judge Indira Talwani blocked the government from implementing the order for two weeks.
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This case is likely to be appealed back to the Supreme Court after the justices handed down a procedural decision that permitted the Trump administration to move forward.
According to the AP, the ruling came after Democrats and voting rights groups refiled lawsuits to comply with a Supreme Court decision. The justices did not rule on the legality of Trump’s executive order, instead of saying the judge acted suddenly.
But the Trump administration issued a formal rule governing whether the U.S. Postal Service will deliver states’ mail ballots.
Postal Service officials told the AP that it won’t deliver mail ballots unless states provide a list of voters who should receive them and format the envelopes in a specific way.
Trump issued an executive order targeting mail voting, his second one related to elections since he returned from office, in March.
But opponents of Trump’s order sued, but the Trump administration contends the claims were premature because it hadn’t issued rules detailing how it would implement the executive order.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by The Associated Press, which cites comments from the U.S. Postal Service officials on mail ballots. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.