WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump, at least temporarily, to move forward with his effort to exert federal control over mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
\n\nThe decision by Boston-based U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to lift an injunction that applied nationwide follows a Supreme Court decision favoring Trump in a similar case on Monday.
\n\nBut with litigation moving swiftly, there remains a strong chance that key aspects of Trump’s mail-in ballots executive order will be blocked at some stage, possibly as soon as later on Wednesday.
\n\nThe executive order directs the U.S. Postal Service to, among other things, track mail-in ballots and potentially reject those submitted by people not on a federal list of eligible voters.
\n\nSCOTUS allows Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order
\n\nMultiple legal challenges to the proposal, which conflicts with the states’ traditional role in administering elections, are pending.
\n\nTrump has frequently criticized mail-in ballots even though they are widely used by Republicans and Democrats all across the country.
\n\nThe Supreme Court on Monday lifted a nationwide injunction that had blocked the executive order in a case brought by California and 22 other states. That ruling left in place a…
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