Judge lets Trump mail-voting order proceed (opens in new tab)

A federal judge in Washington declined to temporarily block President Trump’s March 31 executive order directing federal agencies to help create state-by-state lists of eligible voters and restricting delivery of mail ballots to voters on approved lists. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols rejected an emergency request from Democrats and civil rights groups, agreeing with the Trump administration that the challenge was premature because the government had not yet implemented the order. The order...