Federal judge blocks Trump’s mail-in ballot executive order, likely to be met with quick appeal

A federal judge on Thursday again blocked attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s election-security executive order expanding federal oversight of elections. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani blocked the government from implementing the order for two weeks, the Associated Press reported. 
The ruling stalls the directive for a second time with only about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for midterm elections. Talwani’s decision comes days after the Supreme Court handed down a procedural decision allowing the Trump administration to move forward with the order’s requirements. 
The high court hadn’t ruled on the legality of Trump’s order, but they concluded Talwani had acted too soon. It’s likely the Trump administration will appeal Talwani’s ruling, which came after Democrats and voting rights groups refiled lawsuits to comply with the high court’s procedural decision. 
The Postal Service has said it won’t deliver ballots unless states provide the federal government with a list of voters who should receive them and format the envelopes in a certain way. 

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