Nothing changes yet with the Supreme Court's order on elections. But it could open door to 'chaos'
The Supreme Court’s decision clearing one obstacle to the enactment of President Donald Trump’s order on mail voting may not mean the order ultimately takes effect for November’s elections, according to an election law expert. (AP Video by Nathan Ellgren) The Supreme Court’s decision giving preliminary approval for President Donald Trump’s order restricting mail voting may not lead to a single election procedure changing during the November midterms, but it has already thrown into uncertainty the method that nearly one-third of the country uses to vote. Rather than saying that Trump’s order is legal, the high court said Monday it was too early for Democratic-run states to challenge it in June, when they convinced a federal judge in Boston to freeze the order for November’s election. That effectively restarts the legal fight over the order in an incredibly compressed timeline, with initial ballots scheduled to be sent to North Carolina’s overseas and military voters in just over a week, on Sept. A second injunction barring the U.S.
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The Supreme Court’s decision clearing one obstacle to the enactment of President Donald Trump’s order on mail voting may not mean the order ultimately takes effect for November’s elections, according to an election law expert. (AP Video by Nathan Ellgren) The Supreme Court’s decision giving preliminary approval for President Donald Trump’s order restricting mail voting may not lead to a single election procedure changing during the November midterms, but it has already thrown into uncertainty the method that nearly one-third of the country uses to vote. Rather than saying that Trump’s order is legal, the high court said Monday it was too early for Democratic-run states to challenge it in June, when they convinced a federal judge in Boston to freeze the order for November’s election. That effectively restarts the legal fight over the order in an incredibly compressed timeline, with initial ballots scheduled to be sent to North Carolina’s overseas and military voters in just over a week, on Sept. A second injunction barring the U.S.