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As Supreme Court Weighs Trump Mail Ballot Plan, Another Judge Blocks It

The ruling by a lower court judge was another blow to President Trump’s effort to make voting by mail harder. The Supreme Court is also considering the Trump plan.

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Appeals Court Maintains Block on Federal Voter Identification Tool

A federal appeals court panel declined to let Homeland Security reopen access to a voter-screening tool that incorporated Social Security data.

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Judge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots

The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

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Judge Suggests Trump Mail-In Voting Rules Could Cause ‘Major Disenfranchisement’

Judge Indira Talwani said the Postal Service appeared to be trying a haphazard “experiment” with a new rule that could result in valid ballots being tossed.

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Judge Once Again Bars Postal Service From Restricting Mail-In Vote

After reviewing the agency’s final plan to comply with President Trump’s demands, a federal judge barred the Postal Service from imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting.

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Judge Allows Postal Service Effort to Restrict Mail Voting, for Now

The order came amid a spate of legal challenges, including one by Democratic state attorneys general, that could still result in the rules being blocked.

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