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On Wednesday, a federal judge smacked down President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cunconstitutional\u201d attack on U.S. election integrity by ruling against an executive order that would assert federal control over mail-in voting. According to former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance, the judge\u2019s order comes as Trump has given \u201cevery reason to take him seriously when he threatens to declare an emergency to seize control of the outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As Vance explains, \u201cToday, in a case brought by the League of Women Voters, Judge Indira Talwani in Boston entered a nationwide order blocking the Postal Service from carrying out Trump\u2019s efforts to assert federal control over mail-in voting policies ahead of the election. Previously, as a result of her decision in another case, his plans had been paused in some states, but not others (only states whose AGs sued were covered), creating still more confusion and an uneven playing field for voters to navigate.\u201d<\/p>\n

But per the judge\u2019s order, \u201cWhere the EO is presently causing confusion and threatening both increasing chaos and an erosion of trust in our democracy, the court finds that enfranchisement heavily outweighs the executive\u2019s attempt to unconstitutionally insert itself into the domain of election regulation.\u201d <\/p>\n

While the government had argued that it is too soon for a judge to deliver a final ruling, claiming that the Postal Service must first establish new rules in concordance with Trump\u2019s EO, which could then be challenged in court, the judge \u201cdisagreed sharply,\u201d writing, \u201cThe court finds it prudent to review the EO now, where less than 90 days pend before the midterms and the millions of citizens who rely on mail voting require clarity as to how or whether they will vote in November.\u201d She also noted that the short amount of time before the midterms \u201cunderscores the critical need for an injunction to prevent Defendants from changing election rules on the eve of the election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, as Vance explains, the judge has \u201cfrozen the status quo in place; if her order stands, the vote will proceed without any of the modifications to the rules Trump is trying to put into place.\u201d She also \u201cgoes to pains to emphasize how the system works,\u201d emphasizing \u201cthat in the Motor Voter Act \u2018Congress requires States to allow citizens to register by mail or when applying for a driver\u2019s license … and to attest to their citizenship through the use of a federal registration form … Under the NVRA, States retain control over compiling rolls of citizens … To avoid potentially erroneous disenfranchisement, the NVRA also prohibits States from systematically removing ineligible individuals from voter rolls fewer than 90 days before a federal election.\u2019 States effectuate the law in different ways as is their right \u2014 Congress can set national standards in federal elections, but it\u2019s up to the states to administer their own election.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As a result of the ruling, \u201cthe Postal Service may not refuse \u2018to transmit mail-in or absentee ballots\u2019 and is also barred from issuing additional rules and regulations aimed at carrying out the Executive Order.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s news is good,\u201d writes Vance. \u201cWe would do well to remember that we are only here because of Trump\u2019s insistence on trying to prevent the votes of Americans who don\u2019t vote with him from counting. That\u2019s something no president should do and no court, or citizen for that matter, should tolerate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump has told us who he is. We absolutely must believe him and prepare to protect our right to vote,\u201d concludes Vance. \u201cWith polls showing him seriously underwater, there is every reason to believe he will become more desperate with his back against the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n

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