Trump’s mail voting order could leave states with different election rules

Key parts of President Trump's mail-in voting order are staying on hold in 23 states for now

but the legal battle is far from over. A federal appeals court in Boston has rejected the Trump

administration's request to let major pieces of the executive order take effect before the

midterm elections. The order would expand the federal government's role in mail-in voting

It calls for the Department of Homeland Security to help create state-by-state lists of eligible

voters and for the Postal Service to verify mail-in voters using those lists. The First

Circuit said the Constitution leaves election administration largely to the states. Judges

also warned the order could create an unprecedented level of federal involvement and sow confusion

this close to November. But the ruling only applies to the 23 states that filed the lawsuit

That leaves the country with a patchwork of rules after a different federal appeals court

recently allowed the order to move forward elsewhere. It's still unclear whether the Postal Service will try to implement the changes

in states not covered by the injunction. And the Justice Department has indicated it might ask the Supreme Court to take up the case

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