Trump’s Effort to Assert Control Over Elections Continues

“The Supreme Court on Monday dealt President Trump a major blow when it blocked his executive order to restrict mail ballots. But Mr. Trump’s battle to assert control over the election process is far from finished,” the New York Times reports.

”The stymied attempt to have the U.S. Postal Service screen mail ballots was just one piece of a broader effort involving the full power of the federal government to take more control of state-run elections.”

”Just days before the Supreme Court blocked Mr. Trump’s mail ballot order, the Justice Department sent threatening letters to at least 30 top election officials across the country, escalating a fight to gain access to private voter data and election records.”

”Federal agents are scouring voter rolls managed by states for noncitizens, despite a lack of evidence of widespread fraud.”