On June 25 a U.S. federal judge in Boston, Indira Talwani, enjoined President
Trump’s executive order aimed at tightening mail‑in voting, preventing it from
taking effect before the November election that will decide control of Congress.
Talwani sided with a Democratic‑led coalition of states, finding the president
lacks authority to compile state voter rolls and the U.S. Postal Service has no
statutory power to issue binding mail‑voting rules; under the Constitution,
responsibility for running federal elections rests with the states.
