Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump and his administration can move forward with an executive order that will restrict mail-in voting. Following this decision, Stephen Richer, a legal fellow with Cato’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and former recorder of Maricopa County, released a statement:

The Supreme Court lifted the injunction on Trump’s second election executive order on mail-in voting, but it did not rule on its lawfulness; this means that the executive order may not be in effect for the November elections.

“Ironically, if it does take effect, the states best equipped to handle the USPS rule might be the all-mail states. That is, the administrative burden is comparatively simple for states that simply mail a ballot to every registered voter. Those states just need to keep sending a full voter registration list to USPS, but it will be much harder for the states that have some, but not all, mail voters.

“I have to imagine that the people who are the least excited about this are USPS employees. This is a massive new administrative lift, and people will blame them for any undelivered mail ballot.”

To speak with Richer, contact Christopher Tarvardian.