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A federal court order on October 16 told executive-branch defendants to stop implementing key parts of Trump’s voting executive order and to reverse any steps already taken in plaintiff states. The ruling is another hard stop on a push to federalize election rules by decree.
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A federal court order on October 16 told executive-branch defendants to stop implementing key parts of Trump’s voting executive order and to reverse any steps already taken in plaintiff states. The ruling is another hard stop on a push to federalize election rules by decree.
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