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On April 10, 2018, President [[Donald Trump]] announced his intent to nominate McElroy to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.<ref name="WHBio">{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-twelfth-wave-judicial-nominees-twelfth-wave-united-states-attorneys-sixth-wave-united-states-marshals/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Twelfth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Twelfth Wave of United States Attorneys, and Sixth Wave of United States Marshals}}</ref> She was renominated to the same seat. On April 12, 2018, her nomination was sent to the [[United States Senate|Senate]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/twenty-nine-nominations-sent-senate-today/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Twenty-Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today}}</ref> On October 11, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–2 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/10-11-18%20Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting1.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – October 11, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee}}</ref>
On January 3, 2019, her nomination was returned to the President under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the [[United States Senate]]. On April 8, 2019, President Trump announced the renomination of McElroy to the district court.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominations/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominations}}</ref> On May 21, 2019, her nomination was sent to the Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/twelve-nominations-sent-senate-3/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate}}</ref> On June 20, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–3 vote. The three negative votes came from Republicans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%20June%2020%202019.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 20, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee}}</ref> On September 11, 2019, the Senate confirmed her nomination by a [[voice vote]]. She received her judicial commission on September 30, 2019.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=7049776|inline=yes}}</ref>
In 2020, McElroy approved of a consent decree between voting rights groups and the State of Rhode Island, which agreed to remove the witness requirement in order to vote by mail. On August 13, 2020, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] affirmed McElroy's decision, although Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch noted their votes to reverse.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/us/supreme-court-rhode-island-voting.html|title=Supreme Court Lets Rhode Island Make Voting by Mail Easier Amid Pandemic|first=Adam|last=Liptak|newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 13, 2020}}</ref>
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