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Judge reinstates pause on Trump order limiting mail ballots

A federal judge froze for two weeks a Trump administration regulation to restrict mail voting late Thursday, calling the U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani's temporary restraining order reinstated a pause that she had lifted just a day earlier, following a U.S.

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A federal judge froze for two weeks a Trump administration regulation to restrict mail voting late Thursday, calling the U.S.

District Judge Indira Talwani's temporary restraining order reinstated a pause that she had lifted just a day earlier, following a U.S.

Postal Service rule a violation of states' power to administer elections.

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A federal judge froze for two weeks a Trump administration regulation to restrict mail voting late Thursday, calling the U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani's temporary restraining order reinstated a pause that she had lifted just a day earlier, following a U.S. Postal Service rule a violation of states' power to administer elections.

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Postal Service rule a violation of states' power to administer elections.

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