Can the Trump Administration Run a National Voter List?

President Donald Trump’s order to create eligible voter lists is facing legal and logistical challenges.

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Postmaster General David Steiner’s warned lawmakers that the postal service would refuse to deliver mail-in ballots from states that don’t submit voter lists to the government. Matt Slocum/AP

President Donald Trump’s vision for a national database of eligible voters may be faltering.

The courts on Thursday undermined the weight of Postmaster General David Steiner’s threat that the postal service will refuse to deliver mail-in ballots from states that don’t submit voter lists to the government.

And that’s not the only hurdle: Even if Trump wins this legal battle, current and former government officials are skeptical that the Trump administration could logistically create eligible voter lists by November.