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Judge guts Republican crusade against mail-in voting with a single word

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Republicans suffered yet another blow in their legal war against mail-in voting — this time in the state of Delaware. A Delaware court has once again upheld the state's 16-year-old permanent absentee voting law, dealing a fresh defeat to Republican state Sen. Gerald Hocker in his years-long crusade against the program. The opinion was flagged by the liberal elections outlet Democracy Docket on Tuesday. Hocker, who is running for re-election, as well as fellow Senate candidate Steven Washington, argued Delaware's Permanent-Absentee Statute unconstitutionally lets voters receive absentee ballots indefinitely, without reaffirming their eligibility each election, violating the state constitution's specific list of qualifying reasons for absentee voting. Vice Chancellor David disagreed, ruling the law does no such thing. The court found the law only allows a narrower slice of voters, those with qualifying illnesses, disabilities, military service, or caregiving duties, to skip reapplying ev

First report: Trump DOJ Goes to First Circuit Seeking to Overturn Preliminary Injunction Blocking USPS Mail-in Voting Rule — electionlawblog.org, 9d