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President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order restricting the distribution of ballots by the US Postal Service could effectively end the ability to vote by mail if it isn\u2019t struck down, experts told CNN<\/em> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The order, which was signed in March, instructs the USPS to not deliver ballots in any states that have not given the federal government access to its voter lists. It is being challenged by congressional Democrats and all 23 Democratic state attorneys general, who are urging courts to block the order before it potentially disenfranchises eligible voters.<\/p>\n

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows told CNN<\/em> that, unless courts intervene quickly, \u201cyou will see a virtual elimination of mail-in voting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read explained to CNN<\/em> that he believes the Trump order is patently unlawful given that it usurps states\u2019 powers outlined in the US Constitution to run their own elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not in the president\u2019s power,\u201d Read said. \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely clear in the Constitution \u2014 states run elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Trump-appointed US District Court Judge Carl Nichols last month declined to block the president\u2019s executive order, congressional Democrats are appealing the case at the DC US Circuit Court of Appeals, where they are seeking an expedited process that will result in a ruling before the fall.<\/p>\n

The legal challenge brought by Democratic attorneys general is currently before a federal judge in Boston.<\/p>\n

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Without fast action, congressional Democrats warned in a Monday court filing, \u201cmillions of American voters\u2019 sensitive personal data will be amassed into inaccurate and unlawful databases and USPS will engage in unprecedented interference with state mail voting programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The executive order attacking mail-in voting is just one of many ways the Trump administration has been trying to meddle in the election process ahead of the 2026 midterms.<\/p>\n

According to a report from Democracy Docket, a Tuesday court filing by the US Department of Justice argued that states have the power to purge voter rolls at any time ahead of an election and do not have to abide by the 90-day \u201cquiet period\u201d established in the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).<\/p>\n

As the law has been traditionally interpreted, states cannot trim voter rolls less than 90 days before elections so that people affected by the changes have sufficient time to file challenges and potentially restore their eligibility.<\/p>\n

However, the Trump DOJ argued that the provision establishing the 90-day period \u201cwould not prevent a state like Georgia from investigating and removing ineligible people in an individualized fashion\u201d close to an election \u201cif the United States alerted the state of the possibility that particular individuals on their rolls were ineligible to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

As explained by Democracy Docket, this interpretation of the law could let the federal government create lists of voters to be purged and then \u201cpressure states to carry out the removals individually \u2014 potentially weakening one of the most important federal safeguards against last-minute disenfranchisement.\u201d<\/p>\n

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