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What the Supreme Court did, and did not do, on Trump’s mail-ballot order
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Rocky Mountain Voice, National, Top Stories

What the Supreme Court did, and did not do, on Trump’s mail-ballot order

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a win Monday on mail-in voting, and the headlines said so. But for a Colorado voter, nothing has changed yet. The state remains set to send November ballots under existing rules, because a second court order the justices did not touch still blocks the part of the president's plan most directly tied to how voters receive their ballots. That gap between the headline and the effect is the story. The Court cleared one obstacle in Trump's path. It did not rule that his election order is legal, and it did not change how Coloradans get their ballots this fall. What it means for Colorado now Colorado is not a bystander in the case. It is one of the plaintiffs that brought th...
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Supreme Court Opens Door to New Mail-In Ballot Safeguards Before November
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The Epoch Times, Approved, National

Supreme Court Opens Door to New Mail-In Ballot Safeguards Before November

By Matthew Vadum | The Epoch Times A majority of the justices voted to let executive order 14399 take effect while litigation continues. The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 24 ruled that President Donald Trump may—for the time being—enforce his executive order restricting voting by mail ahead of the November midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. The high court’s unsigned order in favor of the Trump administration allows the federal government to enforce the president’s Executive Order 14399, dated March 31, which was aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules in 23 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia, which challenged it in court. The Supreme Court stated that its new order “does not mean that any measure taken by the Government to...
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Colorado AG Joins Lawsuit Over USPS Mail Ballot Proposal
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The Denver Gazette, Approved, State

Colorado AG Joins Lawsuit Over USPS Mail Ballot Proposal

By Marissa Ventrelli | The Denver Gazette The Colorado Attorney General’s Office joined 24 state attorneys general in filing a formal complaint against what it called the U.S. Postal Service’s attempt to aid President Donald Trump’s efforts to seize control of elections and restrict mail-in voting. In March, Trump signed an executive order calling for the compilation of a list of individuals in each state who are legally eligible to vote. Under the order, USPS would only be permitted to send mail ballots to individuals on the lists. Last month, a court struck down the executive order, ruling it unconstitutional. However, according to Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, USPS has not withdrawn its proposed rule to implement the order. “This is another...
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Colorado’s dirty voter roll: Getting on is the easy part
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Rocky Mountain Voice, Commentary, State, Top Stories

Colorado’s dirty voter roll: Getting on is the easy part

By Mike O’Donnell | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice I’ve spent the last few months digging deeply into the Colorado voter roll from all sorts of different angles and although politicians of a certain party and their supporters are quick to parrot that Colorado exemplifies the “gold standard” of election integrity, that very definitely does NOT appear to be the case after a close examination of Colorado’s voter roll, the rightful starting point for any such assessment of the quality of election integrity in this or any other state. A closing line from the Eagles' 1976 hit song ‘Hotel California’ seems to be the most appropriate way to summarize the apparent philosophy behind the approach taken by Colorado’s legislature and the current Secretary of State when it comes to the...
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