Donald Trump's desperation continues to grow with the release of each new poll as results show Trump and the Republican Party falling farther out of favor with the American public. But Marc Elias, one of democracy's greatest legal champions in the Trump era, believes at least one of Trump's desperation tactics, his attack on mail-in voting, will fail at the Supreme Court. Elias joins Jen Psaki to talk about why.
A county elections supervisor in the state said the Postal Service initially rejected the ballots envelope he was planning to use over a 0.014-inch discrepancy.
Our politics reporter Reid Epstein explains how the Trump administration is using the Postal Service to intervene in mail-in voting in state elections.
The Trump administration on Sunday again asked the Supreme Court to allow it to restrict mail-in voting this election cycle. In a 40-page emergency application, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to immediately permit the administration to bar the U.S. Postal Service from sending mail-in ballots to residents of states that have not submitted a list of eligible voters based on citizenship data. Watch the full episode here: https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-gavel/the-gavel-live-briefing/6079594-missouri-redistricting-case-chaos-midterms-live-discussion/ #hillinsider #trump #ballot #mailinvoting #election
As they wait for word on whether the Trump administration’s new system to screen ballots can move forward, local officials say they are running out of time.
The Trump Administration is tripling down on its attempt to get the Supreme Court to restrict mail-in voting. Norm Eisen joins The Weeknight to break down the latest legal battle.
