Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones wants you to know that the U.S. Supreme Court decision on mail-in ballots handed down on Monday is far from the last word on the matter.
“This decision is disappointing and wrong, but it is not the final word. Virginia runs its own elections and runs them well,” Jones said in a statement issued by his office on Tuesday. “When it comes to fighting back against the president’s illegal attacks on our democracy, I will never back down.”
What the high court did, in a predictable 6-3 vote, was grant the request of the Trump regime for a stay of an injunction blocking provisions of an executive order requiring the U.S. Postal Service to issue regulations prohibiting the mailing of ballots for voters who are not included on new USPS lists of “enrolled” mail voters.
The Supreme Court did not rule on whether the executive order is lawful; instead, it found that the coalition of 23 state AG’s challenge to the EO was premature because, when the lawsuit was filed, the administration had not taken the actions needed to implement it.
The coalition signaled on Tuesday that it intends to challenge those actions as they occur and as necessary to protect states’ administration of elections.
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Chris Graham
