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A federal judge halted Trump's executive order that would have let USPS refuse to deliver mail ballots. The order also blocked plans for a national voter roll sharing scheme.
A federal judge stopped Trump's executive order that would have let USPS refuse to deliver mail ballots, and also blocked plans to create a national voter registration database shared across states. The order gave USPS broad discretion to decide which mail it would and wouldn't deliver—opening the door to discrimination based on ballot type or timing.
Mail ballots are how millions of Americans actually vote. Letting the Postal Service treat them differently from other mail effectively changes who can vote and how. The voter roll scheme would have created a centralized database of registration information across state lines—something states have long resisted because it increases exposure to purges and errors. The judge recognized both moves as election interference dressed up as administrative efficiency.
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