Election workers process mail-in ballots following a primary election at San Francisco County's election operations facility at City Hall in San Francisco.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergA judge in Boston blocked US officials from carrying out President Donald Trump’s executive order to impose new restrictions on mail-in voting in federal elections while the legal fight moves forward.
US District Judge Indira Talwani on Thursday declared that key provisions of the president’s order were unlawful and specifically blocked the administration from enforcing the directives for the upcoming November midterm elections in two dozen Democrat-led states and local jurisdictions that sued.