U.S. judge extends block on Trump restriction of mail-in voting
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- Federal Judge Indira Talwani extended a suspension blocking Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict mail-in voting.
- The order prevents the U.S. Postal Service from implementing a plan requiring ballots to be delivered only to voters on an approved list.
- The government has appealed to the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn the restriction.
A U.S. federal judge has extended a suspension blocking Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting, adding a new turn to a legal dispute ahead of November’s midterm elections.
District Judge Indira Talwani issued an injunction preventing the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out a plan that critics say would limit the distribution of mail-in ballots.
Trump’s order would require the preparation of lists of eligible voters and direct the postal service to deliver ballots only to those voters. Talwani had previously issued a temporary order blocking the USPS from implementing the restrictions.
The administration has appealed to the Supreme Court in an effort to have the measure lifted.
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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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