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Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to restrict mail ballots for midterms
Justices maintain lower court order blocking new Postal Service rules ahead of the November elections.
The short version
- The US Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to impose restrictions on mail-in voting prior to the midterm elections.[Deutsche Welle]
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted that state and local election officials lacked time to implement new requirements, while Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.[ABC News · Deutsche Welle]
- Democratic state officials and voting rights groups had challenged the measures in court, arguing the president lacked constitutional authority to set election rules.[Deutsche Welle]
Key facts
- The Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict mail-in voting for the upcoming midterm elections.[ABC News · Deutsche Welle · France 24]
- Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented from the decision, while Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred based on the timing of the legal challenge.[ABC News · Deutsche Welle · France 24]
- States including Alabama, North Carolina, and Wisconsin began sending mail ballots to voters while the proposed system was inactive.[France 24]
What remains uncertain
- A whistleblower report alleged that postal system requirements could cause millions of ballots not to be sent due to portal construction issues and technical glitches.[Deutsche Welle]
Sources
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