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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Mail-in Ballot Restrictions

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow implementation nationwide of his executive order aimed at tightening rules for mail-in voting ahead of the November midterm elections that will decide ‌control of Congress.

In a filing, the Justice Department requested that the justices put on hold a judge’s ruling preventing the enforcement of the Republican president’s directive in 23 mostly Democratic-governed states and Washington, D.C., which had challenged the order as unconstitutional, while the litigation plays out.

The Supreme Court ordered those states to respond to the Justice Department’s request by August 3.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani rejected the administration’s argument that the states lacked the necessary legal standing to challenge Trump’s directive. In June, Talwani ruled that the president lacked the authority to order changes in how states administer federal elections, noting that under the U.S. Constitution, states have the role of determining voter-eligibility requirements. 

The administration said the justices should lift Talwani’s ruling........

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