US Supreme Court removes judicial decision blocking Trump's mail-in ballot restrictions

Trump's executive order, issued in March, directed the Department of Homeland Security to compile and ​transmit to the states a list of US citizens eligible to vote in each state.

The US Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump a temporary victory on Monday, lifting a lower court block on his executive order curbing the use of mail-in ballots.

Justices lift decision to block president’s order to restrict eligibility to a new federal list of voters

US Supreme Court hands a win to Trump over mail-in ballot restrictions  Reuters

The court's order stressed the new regulations do not put new requirements on the states this year.

Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to restrict mail-in voting but it was immediately met with multiple legal challenges.

The US Supreme Court sided with President Donald Trump over his plan to use the Postal Service to impose new restrictions on the distribution of mail ballots. Kate Sullivan reports on "Balance of Power: Evening Edition." (Source: Bloomberg)

Aug 24 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday lifted a judicial decision blocking President Donald Trump's administration from implementing his executive order to restrict the use of mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections that will decide control of Congress - though another remains.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to begin enforcing parts of an executive order aimed at restricting mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections. In an unsigned order, a majority of the justices agreed to pause a lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Bo

US President Donald Trump has called for restrictions on mail-in voting as part of bid to exert control over elections.