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Read more Colorado Democrats choose between insurgent progressives and veteran incumbents
Trump’s fixation on voting has had mixed results. He still has ways to affect November’s elections. — 1:11 a.m.
By the Associated Press
President Trump has tried many ways to tighten his grip on U.S. elections, from signing executive orders to pushing restrictive legislation in Congress. Monday’s Supreme Court ruling siding with states that accept late-arriving mail ballots was the latest example showing the limits of his reach.
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It followed back-to-back rulings last week that barred his two sweeping executive orders seeking to change national election rules, more court rulings preventing his Department of Justice from obtaining detailed state voter data, and his stalled attempts to get the Senate to pass the SAVE Act. That measure would eliminate nearly all absentee voting, require citizenship documents to register to vote and impose photo identification requirements nationwide right before the midterm elections.
Read more Supreme Court’s decision on mail-in ballots deals a new blow to Trump’s election plans
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