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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to clear the way for an executive order from President Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting ahead of November\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n

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The Justice Department asked the justices to halt for now\u00a0lower court\u00a0decisions blocking work to implement the\u00a0sweeping changes\u00a0in nearly half the country.<\/p>\n

The request comes shortly after Trump delivered a\u00a0primetime address\u00a0elevating his yearslong push to raise doubts about the legitimacy of elections, and could be one of several voting-related challenges before the court ahead of the high-stakes midterm contest.<\/p>\n

Trump ordered the government in March to create a \u201cstate citizenship list\u201d of eligible voters and deliver mail ballots only to people on that list.<\/p>\n

Democratic officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia sued, saying the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules,\u00a0not the president. Their attorneys have said Trump\u2019s proposed changes are ripe for abuse and could cause chaos.<\/p>\n

A judge in Massachusetts blocked the order for the plaintiff states, and a divided 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel left her ruling in place over the weekend.<\/p>\n

The executive order issued in March calls for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the commissioner of the Social Security Administration to create a federal list of eligible voters. It tells the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on that list.<\/p>\n

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The order also calls for ballots to have secure envelopes with unique barcodes for tracking. Federal funding could be withheld from states and localities that don\u2019t comply.<\/p>\n

The appeal argues that Trump\u2019s order lays out \u201cgeneral policy guidance\u201d and doesn\u2019t directly dictate how states run their elections. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the high court to freeze the judge\u2019s order as lawsuits play out, calling it indefensible.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd the injunction is especially indefensible because the agencies are still deliberating over how (if at all) to implement the Order, yet the district court preemptively decided that whatever the agencies may choose to do will necessarily be unlawful,\u201d Sauer wrote.<\/p>\n

He urged the high court to move quickly, arguing that any new policies would have to be in place as soon as August to be effective for the November elections.<\/p>\n

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A response to the appeal is due Aug. 3.<\/p>\n

Trump promoted the proposed changes as safeguards to keep non-U.S. citizens from voting. Noncitizen voting has been\u00a0shown to be rare, and is a felony that can be punishable by deportation.<\/p>\n

U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani in Boston, who was nominated by Democratic President Barack Obama,\u00a0agreed in June\u00a0to halt implementation for the Nov. 3 elections.<\/p>\n

Her ruling differed from that of another federal judge based in Washington. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was appointed by Trump,\u00a0found in May\u00a0it was too early to block the order because it had not yet been implemented.<\/p>\n

The office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading the lawsuit, did not immediately comment on the Trump administration\u2019s appeal. New York Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 office declined to comment.<\/p>\n

The Postal Service also would not discuss its plans regarding implementing Trump\u2019s order or its rule, citing the ongoing litigation. In Kansas, Secretary of State Scott Schwab\u2019s office said it has not yet heard from the Postal Service about plans going forward.<\/p>\n

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Associated Press writer John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas, contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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