Second Judge Blocks Trump Mail-Ballot Plan Before November Election as Supreme Court Weighs Similar Case
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 14
Second Judge Blocks Trump Mail-Ballot Plan Before November Election as Supreme Court Weighs Similar Case
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 14
Summary
Judge Carl J. Nichols, a Trump appointee, ruled overnight Sunday that the administration’s mail-in ballot plan is likely illegal and blocked it ahead of the November election.
Nichols said the government had shown no evidence of significant fraud in the coming election, while the rule risked causing a significant number of valid absentee or mail ballots not to be counted.
The plan would add conditions that could make voting by mail harder and expand federal scrutiny of state voter rolls in a search for fraud evidence.
The ruling came in a suit by Democratic-aligned and civil-rights groups, and it adds to a similar Massachusetts decision by Judge Indira Talwani that the Supreme Court is already reviewing.