US Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for midterms
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · North America
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already under way. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas publicly dissented from the brief order. The Trump administration had asked the court, once again at the centre of a roiling political controversy,...
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