Judge blocks Trump mail-voting order in 23 states (opens in new tab)

A federal judge in Boston blocked key parts of President Trump’s March executive order, which sought to create federal lists of eligible voters and restrict who could receive mail ballots through the U.S. Postal Service. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani sided with 23 states and the District of Columbia, barring federal agencies from carrying out provisions that directed the Department of Homeland Security, working with Social Security Administration data, to compile lists of U.S. citizens e...