Oregon Vows to Fight Trump Mail Ballot Order as Supreme Court Acts 51 Days Before Voting
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Updated · youroregonnews.com · Aug 25
Oregon Vows to Fight Trump Mail Ballot Order as Supreme Court Acts 51 Days Before Voting
3 articles · Updated · youroregonnews.com · Aug 25
Summary
Oregon officials said the state will keep challenging President Donald Trump’s mail voting order after the Supreme Court let it remain in effect, raising uncertainty 51 days before ballots go out.
The court said Oregon and 23 other Democratic-led states sued too early to show harm, after USPS issued a final rule Friday on enforcing Trump’s March order.
That order would require states to redesign ballot envelopes and provide USPS lists of voters’ names and addresses; ballots would not be delivered to voters missing from those lists.
Attorney General Dan Rayfield called the ruling a temporary setback and said he would immediately sue over any USPS interference, while Gov. Tina Kotek and Secretary of State Tobias Read said November voting will proceed as planned.
Oregon, which has voted entirely by mail for more than 25 years, mails ballots to more than 3 million voters and argues election administration is a state responsibility.