Federal Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Against Blocking Trump's Mail Ballot Order; Administration Appeals to Supreme Court

A federal appellate panel on Tuesday refused to block President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to restrict mail voting, upholding a lower court's May ruling that an injunction was premature until formal regulations were issued. Simultaneously, the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to intervene in a separate case, seeking to lift a block on the executive order in 23 Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C. The executive order aims to create a 'state citizenship list' for eligible voters and mandate individualized ballot tracking barcodes, with potential federal funding cuts for non-compliant states.