A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting. The move stalled the directive for a second time only about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for the rapidly approaching midterm elections. U.S. District
“This would create a parallel federal eligibility infrastructure on top of existing state voter rolls,” Issue One, a nonprofit seeking to reduce the role of money in politics, wrote shortly after the order was issued. The second provision targets election officials by demanding that the US attorney general “prioritize the investigation and, as appropriate, the
MADISON, Wisconsin.- A chaotic Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, in which numerous candidates dropped out and re-entered the race, threatened to leave thousands of voters who already returned their ballots with worthless votes for the state’s highest office. That possibility led the state Democratic Party on Tuesday to appeal to the state elections commission, urging