Congressional Democrats and all 23 Democratic state attorneys general are urging courts to block the order.
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President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting the distribution of ballots by the US Postal Service could effectively end the ability to vote by mail if it isn’t struck down, experts told CNN on Wednesday.
The order, which was signed in March, instructs the USPS to not deliver ballots in any states that have not given the federal government access to its voter lists.
It is being challenged by congressional Democrats and all 23 Democratic state attorneys general, who are urging courts to block the order before it potentially disenfranchises eligible voters.
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows told CNN that, unless courts intervene quickly, “you will see a virtual elimination of mail-in voting.”.
The executive order attacking mail-in voting is just one of many ways the Trump administration has been trying to meddle in the election process ahead of the 2026 midterms. »