Supreme Court won’t let Trump restrict mail-in ballots ahead of midterms
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First seen14 Sept, 23:40Supreme Court won’t let Trump restrict mail-in ballots ahead of midterms
With less than two months to go until the midterm election, state officials warned permitting President Trump’s USPS rule to take effect would be an “unmitigated disaster.”
Courthouse News•Kelsey Reichmann
Follow-up15 Sept, 00:09US Supreme Court denies Trump bid to restrict mail-in ballots
The court said election officials do not have sufficient time to implement the rule before the November midterms.
Deutsche Welle
Follow-up15 Sept, 00:14Supreme Court rejects Trump administration's attempt to restrict mail-in voting
The Supreme Court kept in place a lower court decision blocking the U.S. Postal Service from implementing new restrictions.
ABC News
Follow-up15 Sept, 00:30U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to restrict mail-in ballots ahead of November midterms
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to let the U.S. Postal Service enforce a rule targeting mail-in ballots, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump's effort to restrict voting by mail ahead of November's midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
CBC News
Follow-up15 Sept, 01:15Supreme Court blocks Trump's plan to restrict mail-in ballots
The Trump administration had asked the court to lift a federal judge's temporary block on new rules for mail-in ballots.
BBC
Follow-up15 Sept, 01:51US Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict mail ballots as voting begins
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to impose new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of November’s midterm elections. The ruling leaves states free to continue using existing voting procedures, after election officials warned the last-minute changes could disrupt ballot distribution.
France 24•FRANCE 24
Follow-up15 Sept, 04:06US Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterm election
The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years and have accounted for nearly a third of votes cast.
Euronews
Latest15 Sept, 16:09Trump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots
President Donald Trump is assailing the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms
ABC News