ALT Today, a federal court blocked key parts of the president’s executive order attacking elections and voting rights. The court sided with Oregon and Washington, ruling that the president cannot impose new rules that disenfranchise voters – and affirming the Constitution’s guarantee that states have the authority to run their own elections.

ALT Oregon was the first state in the country to use vote-by-mail in a presidential election—a voting system that is safe, secure, and popular with voters because of how it improves access to democracy. The executive order would have required votes sent by mail to arrive no later than Election Day to be counted, even though 18 states, including Washington and Oregon, accept ballots postmarked on or before Election Day.