The judge did not block Trump’s executive order, and the Democrats are taking a major blow— the atmosphere is getting increasingly explosive ahead of the midterm elections.

Crypto Channel reports that on Thursday, an American judge refused to block an executive order signed by U.S. President Trump aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules. This was a setback for the Democratic Party; the party’s lawyers had previously argued that the executive order could disenfranchise millions of voters. At the time this ruling was made, Trump’s Republican Party was facing a fierce election battle to maintain control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress in the November midterm elections. Signed by Trump on March 31, the executive order instructed his government departments to compile a verified list of U.S. citizens, listing people in each state who are eligible to vote, and required the use of federal data to help state election officials verify voters’ voting eligibility. The executive order also required the U.S. Postal Service to deliver ballots only to voters on the approved mail-in ballot lists approved by each state, and required states to keep election-related records for five years.