Supreme Court Opens Door to New Mail-In Ballot Safeguards Before November
By Matthew Vadum | The Epoch Times
A majority of the justices voted to let executive order 14399 take effect while litigation continues.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 24 ruled that President Donald Trump may—for the time being—enforce his executive order restricting voting by mail ahead of the November midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
The high court’s unsigned order in favor of the Trump administration allows the federal government to enforce the president’s Executive Order 14399, dated March 31, which was aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules in 23 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia, which challenged it in court.
The Supreme Court stated that its new order “does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to...