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Sadik Hossain

5 years of calling mail-in voting a fraud scheme later, Trump could get exactly what he’s been after

The Supreme Court could soon block state laws that allow mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day, as long as they were postmarked by that date. The case is called Watson v. Republican National Committee, and a ruling against these laws could affect around 30 states that currently allow ballots to be counted after polls close.

President Donald Trump and Republicans have long argued that mail-in voting is open to fraud, though no evidence has ever supported that claim. Now, the Supreme Court may be about to hand them one of their biggest wins on this issue.

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