Elections
States sue the Postal Service over Trump’s mail-in voting order
The fight over how Americans vote has arrived, again, in the mailroom. The legal theory will be argued. The ballots still have to move.
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The fight over how Americans vote has arrived, again, in the mailroom. The legal theory will be argued. The ballots still have to move.
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