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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Martin Belam

First Thing: States given clearance for mail-in voting as US supreme court thwarts Trump

A Wake County elections worker sorts absentee ballot envelopes into a bin labeled
Wake County board of elections employees prepare absentee ballots to be mailed. Photograph: Matt Ramey/AP

Good morning. The supreme court has rejected Donald Trump’s mail ballot restrictions, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting in the midterm elections already under way. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they have used for years. Civil rights groups lauded the decision.

“The supreme court has done the right thing,” said Robert Garcia, a Democratic representative from Long Beach, California, adding: “Donald Trump tried to illegally interfere with our elections and undermine vote-by-mail for millions of Americans and failed. We will keep fighting to protect the right to vote of every single citizen in this country.”

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