Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Restrictions on Mail-In Ballots Before Midterms

President Donald Trump’s Administration is seeking the Supreme Court’s intervention to push his election reform agenda ahead of the November midterms—by allowing nationwide implementation of an Executive Order restricting mail-in voting. In a Monday filing, the Justice Department requested the high court put on hold a district court ruling that prevented the enforcement of Trump’s order.
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President Donald Trump’s Administration is seeking the Supreme Court’s intervention to push his election reform agenda ahead of the November midterms—by allowing nationwide implementation of an Executive Order restricting mail-in voting. In a Monday filing, the Justice Department requested the high court put on hold a district court ruling that prevented the enforcement of Trump’s order. The order, issued in March, directed the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration to compile lists of eligible voters per state and forbade the U.S. Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to anybody who isn’t on a state’s mail-in or absentee participation list.
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- President Donald Trump’s Administration is seeking the Supreme Court’s intervention to push his election reform agenda ahead of the November midterms—by allowing nationwide implementation of an Executive Order restricting mail-in voting. In a Monday filing, the Justice Department requested the high court put on hold a district court ruling that prevented the enforcement of Trump’s order.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Restrictions on Mail-In Ballots Before Midterms
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