‘Theatrical’ Litigation: Republican AGs Fight for Trump Voting Rules that Their Election Officials Say They Can’t Implement
Officials warn the changes could reject thousands of mailed ballots and disrupt the November election on short notice.
- New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlon and officials from five states filed an amicus curiae letter asking the Supreme Court to block President Donald Trump's proposed mail-in ballot rules, warning the mandates could disrupt the midterms.
- The Trump administration, supported by Missouri and Texas attorneys general, argues the rules are feasible, pointing to Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, who asserted he "believed" implementation was possible this year.
- Local election officials contend they cannot implement the mandates on short notice, stating "plates are already full with the normal but crucial tasks of preparing for the election," while 23 Democratic-led states have also challenged the rules.
- St. Charles County clerk Kurt Bahr warned the rules disproportionately impact Republican counties, as many lack the sophisticated ballot systems already utilized by Democratic-leaning areas to meet USPS requirements.
- With voting already underway in states like North Carolina, the Supreme Court is expected to rule in the coming days on whether to impose these requirements for the midterms.
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‘Theatrical’ litigation: Republican AGs fight for Trump voting rules that their election officials say they can’t implement
Republican attorneys general have shown their support for President Donald Trump’s election agenda by pressing courts to greenlight his proposed crackdown on mail voting.
NH joins other GOP states in seeking to block Trump's new mail-in voting rules
Election officials in Kentucky, North Dakota, South Dakota, Georgia and Kansas, as well as New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlon, warned in what is known as an amicus curiae letter to the nation’s highest court that Trump’s rules on mail-in voting could disrupt the midterm elections.
N.H. joins other GOP states in seeking to block new mail-in voting rules
New Hampshire’s chief election official has joined Republican colleagues in five other states asking the Supreme Court to stop the Trump administration’s proposed mail-in ballot rules from taking effect this year because it would cause too much confusion.
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