Press Statement  AG Campbell Issues Statement On SCOTUS Ruling Temporarily Permitting Trump Administration To Move Forward With Its Attempt To Regulate Voting

Boston — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement in response to today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, granting President Trump’s request for an emergency stay on the injunction blocking his unlawful Executive Order that directs the Postal Service and the Department of Homeland Security to play active roles in the administration of federal elections:  

“Today’s decision creates unnecessary confusion as the November election approaches, but the Constitution is clear: states have the primary authority to administer elections. This decision does not give the Trump Administration the ability to interfere with our elections, it just requires further legal action by Massachusetts and our coalition states. As November approaches, my office will use every tool available to ensure that all eligible voters in Massachusetts can cast a ballot and have their vote counted.”   

In April, AG Campbell co-led a coalition of 24 states in suing the Trump Administration to block its unlawful Executive Order that attempted to restrict voting to individuals on lists pre-authorized by the federal government and voting-by-mail to lists maintained by the U.S. Postal Service. In June, AG Campbell and the coalition secured a victory from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, blocking the unlawful Executive Order. The Administration appealed, and in July, the First Circuit sided with the coalition and left the district court’s order in place. The Administration then appealed to the Supreme Court, which today paused the lower court’s injunction blocking the Executive Order.