Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots
The Supreme Court refused to allow the Trump administration to impose new postal rules that would have restricted mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections, leaving states to continue long-used mail voting procedures while voting was already underway. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the restrictions should not take effect for the midterms though he might favor the administration in a later ruling. The plan would have required a uniform envelope style and an online portal for voter lists, but lower courts blocked it after officials and rights groups warned of legal and practical problems including portal flaws and barcode errors.
The court blocked new mail ballot restrictions before the midterms.
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The administration asked the court to allow new postal rules just before the midterm elections. Voting had already begun in several states. The court declined and the issue may return for a full decision later.
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