The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge's ruling that blocked limitations on mail voting before the midterm elections, the latest development in a court fight unfolding days before the first states begin sending out mail ballots for the November elections.
A notice of appeal was filed Friday after a federal judge in Boston handed down a decision blocking implementation of an executive order from President Donald Trump for the next two weeks. The U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals will next consider the case, though it could soon return before the nation's highest court.
The Supreme Court previously allowed the plan to move ahead on procedural grounds but has not decided whether it is legal. Under Trump's executive order, the U.S. Postal Service could refuse to deliver mail ballots under certain circumstances.
The timing of the ruling places the dispute at a critical juncture in the election calendar. States are preparing to begin distributing mail ballots to voters in the coming days, making the legal status of the executive order a matter of immediate consequence for the November midterm elections.
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