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A federal judge has declined to temporarily block President Trump\u2019s executive order that calls for restricting voting by mail.<\/p>\n

The ruling released Thursday by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump nominee based in Washington, D.C., leaves in place \u2014 at least for now \u2014 an order that tests the limits of the president\u2019s power under the Constitution. A separate, 2025 executive order on voting was halted by courts.<\/p>\n

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The latest executive order, issued March 31, calls for the Department of Homeland Security to work with the Social Security Administration to create lists of adult U.S. citizens in each state, and to send those lists to state election officials.<\/p>\n

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