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Judge Blocks Trump’s Order Tightening Mail-In Ballot System

A federal judge held that ’the Constitution does not grant the president any specific powers over elections.’
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Order Tightening Mail-In Ballot System
President Donald Trump signs an executive order to limit mail-in voting in the Oval Office on March 31, 2026. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to tighten rules on mail-in voting.

Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled on June 25 in favor of a coalition of Democrat-led states, which argued that the order improperly interfered with state authority over federal elections.

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Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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