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href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/judge-strikes-down-trump-election-executive-order\/\"> <span>Election Security<\/span> <\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Provisions setting up federal voter lists for each state and restricting mail ballots through USPS were declared unconstitutional. <\/p>\n<p>  <br \/>\n<audio id=\"audio-player\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-tts-cdn.api.scpnewsgrp.com\/cyberscoop\/89571\/english.openai.mp3\"><\/audio> <\/p>\n<div readability=\"11\">\n<div>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>0:00<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tts-tooltip\">Learn more.<\/span> <span> This feature uses an automated voice, which may result in occasional errors in pronunciation, tone, or sentiment. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"single-article__cover-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"single-article__cover\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" 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https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/federal-court-rules-trump-election-focused-executive-order-illegal-2.jpg?resize=1265,843 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\"><figcaption> (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"52.96586059744\"><body readability=\"108.89336016097\"><\/p>\n<p>A federal judge in Massachusetts struck down major sections of a Trump administration executive order that would have restricted mail-in ballots through the U.S. Postal Service and required states to adopt federally approved voter lists.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/28323977-california-et-all-v-donald-trump\/\">ruling<\/a> Thursday from Judge Indira Talwani of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts found those parts of the order were unconstitutional, while declaring another section that directs federal law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute noncompliant state and local officials legally nonbinding.<\/p>\n<p>Talwani wrote that the U.S. Constitution empowers States and Congress in different roles but \u201cdoes not grant the President any specific power over elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the White House has cited the 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA) and Civil Rights-era voting laws as justification, Talwani found those laws do not authorize the government to regulate state voter registration practices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNotably, nowhere in HAVA does Congress prescribe who should be included on State voter lists,\u201d Talwani wrote. \u201cFurther, neither in HAVA nor any other federal statute does Congress authorize the federal government to create their own voting database. Instead, Congress, consistent with the Constitution, has left that authority to the States alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talwani also declined to remove President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as named defendants in the suit, rejecting the administration\u2019s argument that the court could not regulate or intrude upon the president\u2019s\u2019 constitutional authority \u201cin the performance of his official duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContrary to Defendants assertion, Presidential action is not inherently unreviewable,\u201d Talwani wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The order, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/white-house-elections-executive-order-limits-mail-voting-creates-federal-voter-lists\/\">issued in March<\/a>, instructs the Homeland Security secretary, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services and the commissioner of the Social Security Administration to compile lists of American voters for each state, including their supposed citizenship status.<\/p>\n<p>To build the lists, the agencies would rely on the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/court-rules-save-database-illegal-orders-dismantling\/\">controversial<\/a> Systemic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database that DHS has been building under the Trump administration, as well as Social Security and federal citizenship and naturalization records.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Those lists would then be sent to states, most of which have already refused similar Trump administration efforts to control voter registration.. The order instructs the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute state and local election officials who issue ballots to ineligible voters. <\/p>\n<p>The order also requires mail-in ballots to be sent in special barcoded envelopes for tracking. Crucially, it demands states provide lists of voters eligible for mail-in voting, and threatens to deny ballots to states that refuse. It also claims the attorney general is entitled to withhold federal funding from noncompliant states.<\/p>\n<p>Talwani found that states have shown they already have a rigorous voter registration and verification process to ensure non-citizens and other ineligible voters aren\u2019t able to vote in U.S. elections, and have laws in place to investigate and prosecute those who do.<\/p>\n<p>Executive branch lawyers argued the order was merely an internal federal directive that does not impedestate authorities. But Talwani noted that states like Connecticut were already pulling staff from critical activities, such as translating election materials required under the Voting Rights Act, to develop compliance plans for the order.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly half of the states in the lawsuit have already purchased mail-in ballots for this election cycle that are out of compliance with the Postal Service\u2019s envelope and design standards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite a string of losses in the courts and Congress, the White House has continued to assert broad authority over the way states and localities administer elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice has sued dozens of states to force them to hand over sensitive voter data. In the 10 cases decided so far, states have won every one.<\/p>\n<p>In their opinions, judges cited the executive branch\u2019s lack of inherent authority to create state voter lists. Others accused the DOJ of misusing Civil Rights-era laws designed to protect Black and minority voters, creating an \u201cunreliable\u201d database that would disenfranchise legitimate voters.<\/p>\n<p>The Massachusetts ruling comes to the same conclusion, with Talwani writing \u201cit is clear that the federal agencies charged with compiling Confirmed Citizen Lists lack the ability to create complete and accurate lists of the U.S. citizens residing in every State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump canceled a signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing bill in an attempt to pressure congressional Republicans to pass the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/republicans-propose-save-america-act-mega-act-election-laws\/\">SAVE America Act<\/a>, which would implement many of the same changes to U.S. elections. 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