Posted on 05/28/2026 4:58:46 AM PDT by Red Badger
(The Epoch Times)—A federal judge on May 28 allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to implement an executive order imposing restrictions on mail-in voting.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, based in Washington, rejected a request from Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), for an injunction against the order.
Absent an injunction, the federal government would compile lists of U.S. citizens and would coerce states into only allowing people on the lists to register to vote and vote in elections, even though the sources for the list are known to be deficient, plaintiffs argued in court filings.
Nichols disagreed, writing in a 26-page decision that while the order directed federal officials to compile the lists, it “does not mandate any action by a State once a List has been transmitted to it, and in any event, no infrastructure for compilation or transmission of the Lists has been established.”
The situation may change if the U.S. Postal Service issues a final rule affecting plaintiffs, or if the government develops lists that erroneously omit certain individuals, the judge said.
“Plaintiffs may, of course, renew their motions if and when those future actions occur,” he wrote. “Until then, however, Plaintiffs cannot show that preliminary injunctive relief is warranted.”
The development means Trump and the federal government can implement the order, but the case will continue.
Trump signed the order on March 31. It states that only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections and that new measures were necessary to “enhance election integrity” for mail-in ballots, which have become increasingly used in recent years.
It directed the secretary of homeland security to compile lists of adult citizens living in each state and to transmit the lists to each state. It also said that the U.S. Postal Service shall propose new rules specifying that all ballots must be mailed in envelopes marked for elections, and that the service “shall not transmit mail-in or absentee ballots from any individual unless those individuals” are on the citizenship lists.
“The cheating on mail-in voting is legendary. It’s horrible what has been going on,” Trump said when signing the order. “If you don’t have honest voting, you can’t have, really, a nation.”
Democrats said the order exceeded a president’s authority and disrupted state oversight of elections.
“President Trump has tried again and again to rewrite election rules for his own perceived partisan advantage,” their complaint said, noting that a similar order from Trump, signed in 2025, has been blocked by courts.
Government lawyers told Nichols in a recent filing that the litigation was premature, given that agencies had not taken any steps to implement the order.
“Whatever concerns Plaintiffs may have about possible future agency actions that may be taken to implement the Executive Order, there is currently nothing to litigate, much less to enjoin,” they said. “Both as a practical matter and a doctrinal matter, the government cannot defend—and this Court cannot opine on—the validity of agency actions that do not exist, and the critical parameters of which have not even been decided.”
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Finally,even if mail-in is slowed down it will help.
That’s a remarkably rational opinion. Essentially, the judge says that the order has no teeth, so there’s no basis for granting injunctive relief. That’s 100% correct legally.
Uh oh. Mail in is the demorats #1 method of vote fraud. They will need a lot of school buses and EBT cards to make up for that.
fjb sent benefits to illegals
DOGE types can cross reference lists of illegals to voter rolls.
Illegals then blocked from voting
Dems only care about states rights when it benefits them.
Government lawyers told Nichols in a recent filing that the litigation was premature, given that ***agencies had not taken any steps to implement the order.***
Doesn’t sound like it deep state rules?.
So the Libs argument is we can’t use the Fed’s deficient list because we already have our own deficient list to use…. 🤔
They've got 'em.
Democrats use multiple techniques of vote fraud. Mail-in ballots are the easiest and cheapest method. Get rid of those and the Democrats will need to work harder.
Now start purging voter registrations and requiring new ones for everybody. In-person at a government office, with ID.
“postal Service shall not transmit ballots of people not on the list”
How will they know if they write a fictitious name or just omit their name on return address?
Perhaps more importantly make sure the ballots do not get sent out other than absentee ones. Voting by mail is the most fraudulent way they steal elections.
Meanwhile, from California...
Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
🚨 Gavin Newsom just signed a law ensuring his rigged elections won’t be audited or protecting illegals going to polling stations to vote
He signed Senate Bill 73
- Prohibits law enforcement and armed personnel from guarding polling places
- Makes it illegal for law enforcement agencies to seize ballots from election offices
- Requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant before taking lists of registered voters or voting machines (Democrats control the courts, so that won’t ever be issued)
Let me break this down for you for what it really means
- ICE at polling places would deter illegals from going to vote
- Democrats don’t want law enforcement to take ballots and investigate fraud
- Electronic voting machines are rigging elections for Democrats so Newsom is making it illegal to check their records
Gavin Newsom is literally telling you Democrats are rigging California elections
Let’s not forget he made checking ID illegal
9:40 AM · May 28, 2026 4,587 Views
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2059993090740600919
That’s how corrupt the rat party is.
‘Illegals then blocked from voting’
And then deported.
WEll, then, how am I supposed to get my dead husband’s ballot?
I assume the usual suspect states will just ignore it. Either that, or (checks list of Democrat responses) “Cry racism and the disenfranchisement of blacks and minorities”. Followed by “Violence”.
All of this nonsense goes away if you have to vote IN PERSON, a government voter ID card is presented, and voters get their thumb dipped into a black staining solution...
Only the military serving outside of the country is excluded...
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