Federal appeals court fast-tracks challenge to Trump's mail-in voting executive order
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A federal appeals court has expedited a legal challenge to President Trump's executive order targeting mail-in voting, giving Democratic plaintiffs a faster timeline to argue against the order. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the request to speed up the appeal of a lower court ruling that left Trump's anti-voting order in place. Voting rights advocates and Democrats warn the order could disrupt election administration, block eligible voters from receiving ballots, and give the president unconstitutional power over elections that belong to states and Congress. The accelerated schedule has the plaintiffs' opening brief due June 17, with implications for the 2026 midterm elections.
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· 3 pulledThe D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by Democratic plaintiffs to speed up their appeal of a lower court ruling that left Trump's anti-voting order in place last month.
Voting rights advocates, Democrats and state officials challenging the order have warned that it could disrupt election administration, wrongly block eligible voters from receiving ballots and give the president power over elections that the Constitution gives to states and Congress.
Under the new schedule, the Democratic plaintiffs' opening brief is due June 17.
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