On Saturday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a 2-to-1 decision rejecting the Trump administration's request to enforce stricter mail-in voting rules ahead of the midterm elections. Previously, Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of U.S. citizens confirmed as eligible to vote in each state, using sensitive citizenship data from federal databases. The order also instructed the Department of Justice to investigate officials who mailed ballots to "ineligible" voters. Multiple states led by Democrats—including California, Massachusetts, and Washington—filed lawsuits against the federal government. In its ruling, the judge stated that Trump lacked authority to compel the Department of Homeland Security to compile such data, nor did the U.S. Postal Service have the authority to comply with these mail-in voting directives. The judge further emphasized that Trump had no power to "intimidate local election officials into using inevitably incomplete lists of confirmed citizens."
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