US judge repeats block on Trump’s bid to limit voting by mail
Judge blocks Trump’s mail voting rules for a second time, just days before ballots go out for the midterms. A United States federal judge has for a second time blocked the Trump administration’s overhaul of election rules aimed at limiting voting by mail.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: District Judge Indira Talwani late on Thursday blocked the US Postal Service’s new ballot rules for 14 days, hours after the agency said they had taken effect.
- Fact 2: Separately, attorneys general from 24 states filed a new lawsuit this week making the same core argument: that only the Senate and Congress, not the president, can have constitutional authority to set election rules.
- Fact 3: A hearing on the refiled case is scheduled for September 3, just as ballots are set to go out.
Judge blocks Trump’s mail voting rules for a second time, just days before ballots go out for the midterms. A United States federal judge has for a second time blocked the Trump administration’s overhaul of election rules aimed at limiting voting by mail.
District Judge Indira Talwani late on Thursday blocked the US Postal Service’s new ballot rules for 14 days, hours after the agency said they had taken effect. How the shape of a map can determine the US midterm elections Trump tells Al Jazeera ‘not in a hurry’ for Iran to return to talks US Postal Service says mail-in ballot restrictions now in effect The ruling is part of an ongoing battle prompted by President Donald Trump’s bid to limit voting by mail, which is heating up as the US heads towards midterm elections in November that will decide control of Congress and the Senate. Nearly a third of American voters cast votes by mail.
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