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Judge Refuses to Block Trump's Mail-In Voting Order

Judge Refuses to Block Trump's Mail-In Voting Order

Is this an unconstitutional power grab or a legitimate election integrity measure?
Judge Refuses to Block Trump's Mail-In Voting Order
Above: Election voting materials that were mailed to a Southern California resident ahead of a state primary election on May 5. Image credit: Jay L Clendenin/Getty Images

The Spin


Trump's order is a blatant power grab that the Constitution simply doesn't allow — election rules belong to Congress and the states, not the White House. Citizenship databases riddled with errors could strip eligible voters of their registrations before anyone can stop it. The court didn't say the order is legal, just that the harm hasn't landed yet, which means the fight to protect voting rights is far from over.

The federal judge shut down Democrats' attempt to block Trump's executive order on mail-in voting, ruling they couldn't even prove any harm had occurred. The order simply directs agencies to build citizenship verification lists and fix voter rolls — nothing unconstitutional about that. Democrats rushed to court to kill election integrity measures before they even took effect, and the judge saw right through it.


Metaculus Prediction

There's an 8% chance that Trump will ban U.S. states from using mail-in ballots for the 2026 midterm elections, according to the Metaculus prediction community.



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