The US Supreme Court rejected on Monday the Trump administration's appeal to apply as early as the November mid-term elections, further restrictions on mail-order voting. The decision maintains the suspension of these measures, handed down by a federal judge and subsequently upheld on appeal.
According to RFI, the majority of judges, including four Conservatives, felt that the government was unlikely to win on the merits and had not justified the need for immediate application. According to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, changing the rules in the run-up to the election is risky: lack of time for the electoral authorities could make these changes arbitrary.
These restrictions are the result of a Donald Trump decree aimed, among other things, at strengthening the verification of electors authorized to vote by mail. The lower courts have raised a risk of « chaos » and depriving of the right to vote, also considering that certain measures might impinge on the competence of Congress and States. Only judges Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas supported the administration's appeal.
