Trump administration asks Supreme Court to expedite review of mail-in ballot order ruling

Solicitor General John Sauer Wednesday asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to expedite its review of a lower court order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive orders regarding mail-in ballots. 

In June, Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of Massachusetts ruled in favor of 23 states, led by California, that filed a lawsuit seeking to block Trump's order. 

The executive order, issued in March of this year, directs the Department of Homeland Security to compile lists of eligible voters nationwide, on a state-by-state basis, and seeks to block the U.S. Postal Service from delivering absentee ballots to voters not on state-approved rolls.

In his filing, Sauer explained that the district court's ruling would effectively run out the clock on the federal government's ability to implement key parts of Trump's order in time for the November mid-term elections, the Daily Signal reported. This would, Sauer argued, cause "irreparable harm to the federal government, the public, and election integrity."