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11.31 EDTDemocratic states sue to block postal service from carrying out Trump's mail-in voting orderTwo dozen states and the District of Columbia filed a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday to block Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting in this year’s midterm…
- ▪11.31 EDTDemocratic states sue to block postal service from carrying out Trump's mail-in voting orderTwo dozen states and the District of Columbia filed a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday to block Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail v
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11.31 EDTDemocratic states sue to block postal service from carrying out Trump's mail-in voting orderTwo dozen states and the District of Columbia filed a fresh lawsuit on Wednesday to block Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting in this year’s midterm elections.The challenge comes days after the supreme court’s conservative majority lifted one injunction from a federal judge blocking parts of the president’s order.In their new filing against the US Postal Service (USPS), the states point to concrete steps the administration has taken to carry out Trump’s directive – including a final USPS rule on ballot delivery posted Friday night.The states said that the USPS policy is part of “a broader effort” by the Trump administration “to rewrite federal election law and usurp the…
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