U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani ruled against President Trump's executive order seeking to create a federal voter list and limit mail ballot delivery through the Postal Service, granting a preliminary injunction that bars implementation before the November 2026 midterms. This follows her June 25 summary judgment siding with Democratic state attorneys general against the order's core provisions.
The Trump administration had asked the Supreme Court in late July to lift lower court injunctions blocking the changes in nearly half the country. Talwani wrote that the administration has so far declined to defend the order's constitutionality, and stated flatly that the executive branch has no authority to regulate elections.
The White House pointed to a stalled congressional bill as its preferred path forward, while the League of Women Voters, a plaintiff, called the ruling a victory for voters and the Constitution. The order followed Trump's continued, evidence-free claims of widespread noncitizen voting, despite repeated audits, including Republican-run ones, finding no such fraud.
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