U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani on Wednesday, Aug. 26, lifted the nationwide block on mail-in voting restrictions in a nine-page order. The ruling grants the Department of Justice’s request to reconsider the earlier injunction after a Supreme Court decision found a separate suit premature. The decision permits the Trump administration to move forward with the “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections” executive order, which requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to compile a State Citizenship List and prohibits the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from mailing ballots to non-citizens ahead of the November midterm elections, according to reports [1].…

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