Trump wanted to change the design of mail-in ballot envelopes. A court just ruled against him

A court ruled on Thursday against implementing new rules that would have required local elections officials to redesign mail-in ballot envelopes right before the election. One reason? There’s not enough time to make the design changes that were being called for. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit said in an opinion Thursday the Trump administration’s proposed rules for how the U.S. Postal Service handles mail-in ballots could “prevent millions of Americans from obtaining and returning their ballots.” The court said “it would be impossible for some states to reprint compliant envelopes” at this point, not to mention “there is no record evidence of past fraud or a likelihood of impending fraud.” Though President Donald Trump frequently votes by mail himself, he’s long attacked it, and he signed an executive order earlier this year in an attempt to restrict it. Under the rules his administration tried to implement, many local election officials would have to redesign at least one of the envelopes they use, but mail-in ballots for the midterm elections have already started to go out, and many were printed months ago. Under the administration’s proposed rules, both outboun…