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A second judge has now blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing President Trump's
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executive order limiting mail voting. The ruling comes as the Trump administration is already
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asking the Supreme Court to allow the new rules to take effect. Late Sunday night, U.S. District
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Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, said without an injunction blocking the order
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quote, there is an increased risk that a significant number of otherwise appropriate
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absentee or mail-in ballots will ultimately not be counted in the upcoming elections
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Trump's order requires all ballot envelope designs to be pre-approved by the Postal Service
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States would also have to upload the names of people receiving mail ballots to an online portal
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which still isn't up and running. Election officials say at this point it's impossible
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to implement the changes before November's midterms. And the clock is already running
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mail ballots are being sent out in at least three states Alabama North Carolina and Wisconsin
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with more states set to start sending theirs this week
