US appeals court blocks Trump's mail-in voting decree in 23 states

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A federal appeals court on Saturday turned down the Trump administration's request to put into effect a decree tightening the rules for mail-in voting in 23 states, according to Folha de S.Paulo. With that refusal, the ballot rules already set by those states remain in force for the time being, and the decree does not apply while the dispute continues. The reporting does not indicate on what grounds the court ruled, nor whether the decision settles the case or only blocks the measure at this stage. For now the practical effect is a hold on the federal government's attempt to override state-level mail-in voting requirements, leaving the administration without the change it sought and the states operating under their existing procedures. Any further step by the administration in response to the ruling is not reported in the available material, so the next stage of the case remains open.

The dispute concerns a decree by the Trump administration that would tighten the rules governing voting by mail, applied to 23 states according to Folha de S.Paulo's account. In the United States, the conduct of elections and the conditions for postal ballots are set largely by the individual states, so a federal measure of this kind would displace the rules those states already apply. The administration went to a federal appeals court seeking to have the decree implemented, and the court declined the request. The available reporting does not describe who challenged the decree, what legal arguments were made, or the procedural posture of the case beyond that refusal.