Leader Schumer Statement On Federal Court Ruling That Allows Trump’s Executive Order On Mail-In Voting To Proceed

New York, N.Y. – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) released the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to issue an injunction against President Trump’s executive order that creates a federal voter list and limits mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections.

“Trump’s strategy is simple: if he can’t win voters, he’ll silence them -- and now a MAGA judge is enabling him. The Constitution is clear: presidents do not get to rewrite election law by decree. Congress sets the rules for federal elections — not Donald Trump, not his political allies, and not his radical judges rubber-stamping his power grabs.

“Mail-in voting is safe and secure, a hallmark of our free and fair elections. Trump’s order is not about election integrity. It is voter suppression, plain and simple.

“Democrats will do everything in our power to ensure that every American can exercise their right to vote.”

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