Trump plan would bar millions of Americans from voting by mail, states tell Supreme Court

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WIRE DESK EDIT: COLORADO CHRONICLE D.C. Bureau LEGAL/SUPPRESS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HEADLINE: Trump plan would bar millions of Americans from voting by mail, states tell Supreme Court BYLINE: COLORADO NEWSPAPER WIRE (Colorado Newsline) DATE: MONDAY LEAD: Democratic-led states and voting rights organizations told the U.S. Supreme Court Monday that former President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting threatens to disenfranchise millions of Americans ahead of the November election, filing an emergency petition seeking an injunction to block enforcement. The plaintiffs, representing a coalition of blue-state governments and civil-rights groups, argue the order oversteps executive authority and undermines longstanding voting-by-mail protocols, particularly for military overseas voters and rural populations. They contend the move is politically motivated


Sources: Colorado Newsline (nonprofit statehouse newsroom)

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