US Judge Blocks Trump From Overhauling Elections
A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing parts of his sweeping executive order overhauling federal elections, including by requiring voters to prove they are U.S. citizens and barring states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.
U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston issued a preliminary injunction at the behest of 19 Democrat-led states who argued the president lacked the authority to mandate changes to federal elections and the states’ voting procedures. The lawsuit is one of several across the nation challenging Trump’s March 25 executive order, which he signed after years of raising doubts about the integrity of the U.S. electoral system and falsely claiming that his 2020 loss to former President Joe Biden resulted from widespread voter fraud.
