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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nicholas Riccardi

Trump’s own judge deals blow to his mail voting crackdown

Efforts by the administration to reshape national voting rules have encountered another major legal hurdle after a federal judge ruled late Sunday that the U.S. Postal Service must not implement President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in balloting, just as the Supreme Court prepares to consider the matter.

The highest court in the United States is already weighing the administration’s appeal regarding a directive issued by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani in Boston, which barred the Postal Service from enforcing its new mail voting regulations prior to this year’s midterm elections.

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