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Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms (apnews.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to clear the way for an executive order from President Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting ahead of November’s midterm elections.

The Justice Department asked the justices to halt for now lower court decisions blocking the sweeping changes in nearly half the country.

The request comes shortly after Trump delivered a primetime address elevating his yearslong push to raise doubts about the legitimacy of elections, and could be one of several voting-related challenges before the court ahead of the high-stakes midterm contest.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 19 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

There are states that do all voting through mail in. This would effectively be a federal take over of state elections.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Yup. The timing here is purposeful, as the courts have largely been the only real check on Donald's rule by decree. He doesn't want states to have the time to run a suit up the chain.