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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dara Kerr and agencies

US judge extends block on Trump order to restrict mail-in voting

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Trump with his mail voting executive order in the White House in March. Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/EPA

A federal judge on Friday again blocked Donald Trump’s executive order to impose sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting, the latest in a legal back-and-forth playing out less than two months before election day.

US district court judge Indira Talwani initially placed a temporary order blocking the president’s mandate and has now extended that prohibition with a stronger preliminary injunction. The ruling comes hours after North Carolina became the first state to start sending out mail-in ballots for the 3 November midterm elections.

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