Judge rejects to ban Trump’s Mail-in Vote executive order!
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Washington, May 28 (EFE).-
A federal judge rejected on Thursday a request to suspend President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail-in voting, meaning the order remains in effect for the November midterm elections.
According to the opinion reviewed by EFE, the judge opposed the lawsuit filed by Democrats and civil rights groups. The plaintiffs sought to have Trump’s decree declared unconstitutional, arguing that states and Congress, not the president, hold the authority to establish electoral rules.
The plaintiffs further contended that the president’s order regarding mail-in ballots violated the Privacy Act by creating a list of citizens over the age of 18 for the purpose of establishing a voter census.
US District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, ruled that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that the sharing of information, including names, ages, and addresses, between government agencies causes “sufficient harm.”
Trump signed the executive order on mail-in voting in March after a bill he supported to reform the voting system stalled in Congress.
The order mandates that the federal government should develop a census of eligible voters and directs the United States Postal Service to deliver mail-in ballots only to those appearing on that list.
Trump’s decision is part of a broader campaign questioning the legitimacy of mail-in voting and seeking to tighten voter identification rules, despite a lack of evidence of widespread voter fraud.
Earlier this year, Trump voted by mail in the Florida special elections, despite leading a political crusade against the practice since his first presidential run in 2016. EFE
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