Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow mail-voting restriction
Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- The Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the Postal Service to hold mail-in ballots as part of a proposed voting restriction.
- The request intensifies a legal dispute over postal voting two months before the election.
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it enforce a restriction on voting by mail, bringing the dispute over postal ballots before the country’s highest court.
The Justice Department urged the justices to authorize the Postal Service to hold ballots. The request seeks to implement a regulation that would limit mail voting.
The legal battle has intensified two months before the election, as the administration seeks approval to put the restriction into effect.
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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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