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Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court on mail-in ballot restrictions

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The Trump administration is making a third attempt to appeal to the Supreme Court regarding new restrictions on mail-in ballots for the upcoming midterm elections. A federal judge had previously blocked these restrictions, which the administration argues are necessary to prevent confusion and ensure compliance with new postal service directives. Voting rights groups and Democratic states, however, contend that these changes are unconstitutional and that there is insufficient time to implement them before ballots begin to be mailed out. AI

RANK_REASON Significant legal and policy battle over election procedures with potential broad impact. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court on mail-in ballot restrictions

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Lindsay Whitehurst, Gary Fields, The Associated Press ·

    As the first mail-in ballots of the midterm election start going out, Trump asks the Supreme Court a third time to limit them

    “Once those ballot envelopes enter the mailstream, there is no retrieving them."

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