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Trump doesn’t have the power to limit mail-in voting, lawmakers tell US Supreme Court
More than 250 lawmakers say the Postal Service rule would let the executive branch regulate elections without congressional approval.
- More than 250 current and former Congress members filed a Supreme Court brief Tuesday opposing President Donald Trump's mail-in ballot policy, arguing it usurps legislative and state authority over federal elections.
- Trump spurred the Postal Service to create the rule earlier this year, citing unsubstantiated fraud concerns; the mandate requires unique ballot barcodes and voter eligibility verification via the Department of Homeland Security.
- Judge Indira Talwani, appointed by President Barack Obama, paused the regulation as likely unconstitutional, and the administration is currently appealing that injunction to the Supreme Court.
- Less than two months before Election Day, technical hurdles persist as the required online portal remains unavailable to states, while whistleblowers reported that rushed development could cause legitimate ballots to be rejected.
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson requested that states and voting rights groups file their responses by Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern as the high court weighs the appeal.
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Top Georgia Republican asks Supreme Court to reject Trump election scheme
Early Thursday morning, September 10, the news broke that Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has "joined a bipartisan group of elected officials urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the Trump administration's plans to use the U.S. Postal Service to vet voters for the November election," according to Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) reporters David Wickert and Caleb Groves.Wickert and Groves report, "In a brief filed with the cour…
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