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US Judge Won’t Block Trump’s Mail-in Voting Executive Order for Now

May 28 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday declined to immediately block President Donald Trump’s executive order tightening rules on mail-in voting, but left the door open for the Democratic Party to challenge it again after the administration takes further steps to implement the measure.

Washington-based U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols’ order did not address whether Trump’s March 31 order was lawful. It also does not, for now, change how Americans vote, since federal agencies have not yet enacted the new rules that the order called on them to adopt.  

Trump’s executive order directed his administration to compile a list of confirmed U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state.

The order also directed the administration to use federal data to help state election officials verify who is eligible to vote, required the U.S. Postal Service to only deliver ballots to voters on each state’s approved mail-in ballot list, and required states to preserve election-related records for five years. 

Plaintiffs, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New........

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