Law’s Atiba Ellis examines federal authority over states’ mail-in voting procedures

Ohio election officials warn against Trump’s mail-in ballot changes

WEWS: Atiba Ellis, the Morris G. Shanker Professor of Law, said the administration’s recent appeal—of a federal judge’s order blocking Trump’s new mail-in ballot procedures—will likely will trigger another round of rapid court rulings. He said the central legal question is whether the federal government or Postal Service has authority to intervene in how states use mail to administer elections.