Supreme Court asked to allow mail-in ballot curbs for midterms
The administration's opponents have accused the U.S. president and officials of racing to implement the Postal Service's new rules to aid Republicans in the congressional midterms.
The Trump administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to allow the Postal Service to impose new regulations on mail-in ballots prior to the November midterms. This request has raised concerns among certain states, as they prepare to dispatch ballots to voters in the upcoming days. The Justice Department submitted an urgent appeal on Thursday, seeking to overturn a federal judge's injunction blocking the Postal Service from implementing changes to its handling of election mail for the midterms.
This decision places the justices back in the midst of an intense election controversy as early voting begins. Officials in North Carolina are set to commence sending absentee ballots to voters on Friday, with additional states anticipated to initiate mail-in voting in the following two weeks. Democratic officials who initiated the lawsuit have expressed that it is too late for many jurisdictions to adapt to the new process while adhering to state-mandated timelines for mail-in voting before the November 3 election.
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