Politics
Alabama attorney general defends federal mail-in ballot rules amid multistate legal challenge
Steve Marshall backed an executive order involving USPS tracking and voter roll audits as a federal court considers a preliminary injunction.
The short version
- Republican attorneys general led by Alabama's Steve Marshall are defending a Trump administration executive order designed to audit voter rolls and implement USPS tracking for mail-in ballots.
- A coalition of 25 Democratic state attorneys general is challenging the measure, arguing it risks widespread voter disenfranchisement and exceeds constitutional authority.
- A federal judge previously placed a temporary restraining order on the administration's restrictions, with oral arguments over a preliminary injunction scheduled in Boston.
Key facts
- Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall publicly defended a March 31 executive order from Donald Trump that involves federal agencies and the USPS in auditing voter rolls and tracking mail ballots.[Fox News]
- Twenty-five Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit challenging the order, asserting that withholding postal delivery from non-cooperating states constitutes unconstitutional overreach.[Fox News]
- U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a temporary restraining order halting the administration's restrictions, finding a substantial risk of citizen disenfranchisement.[Fox News]
- Marshall previously led a coalition of 13 Republican attorneys general in July supporting the USPS actions implementing the executive order.[Fox News]