July 27 (UPI) -- The Trump administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to move forward with an extensive executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections.

The lower courts had blocked implementation of the plan in nearly half the country. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow for now an executive order targeting mail-in voting.

The emergency appeal comes after an appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the president’s order in nearly half the country ahead of November’s midterm elections.

President Trump asked the Supreme Court Monday to allow him to implement his executive order directing the U.S. Postal Service to police mail-in voting by refusing to deliver ballots to people whose e

An appeals court dealt another blow for now to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections.