The Supreme Court of the United States is seen in June. The court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump and his administration can start carrying out part of an executive order to restrict mail-in voting. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that President Donald Trump can begin implementing measures from an executive order intended to restrict mail-in voting in many states and Washington, D.C.
However, legal challenges to that order could still cause issues for that plan before the midterm elections in November.
The ruling Monday means that the Department of Homeland Security can begin moving forward with compiling state-specific lists of people it believes are eligible to vote in the states -- all led by Democrats - that had challenged the executive order.
Another part of the executive order required the U.S. Postal Service to require states that want to send ballots through the mail to submit lists of eligible voters with information allowing those ballots to be tracked by the government. A lower court had blocked that policy nationwide in a separate case, meaning that more legal action will be needed before the postal service can continue.
