Judge grants Trump motion to block absentee ballot requests in Iowa county

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From https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2020/08/27/judge-grants-trump-motion-block-absentee-ballot-requests-iowa/5650357002/

Judge grants Trump motion to block absentee ballot requests in Iowa county

Ryan J. Foley Associated Press
Published 5:14 p.m. CT August 27, 2020

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. — A judge ordered an Iowa county Thursday to invalidate 50,000 requests for absentee ballots, agreeing with President Donald Trump's campaign that the county elections commissioner overstepped by pre-filling them with voters' personal information.

Judge Ian Thornhill issued a temporary injunction that orders Linn County Auditor Joel Miller to contact those voters in writing to inform them that the forms should not have been pre-filled with their information and cannot be processed.

Instead, voters will have to either fill out new blank requests for absentee ballots or vote in-person on Election Day.

At issue was Miller’s decision to send absentee ballot request forms to about 140,000 county voters in July that were pre-filled with their personal information, including their voter identification numbers.

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[brewens]

1. The reason being is that there would be fewer errors with the pre-filled forms. Voters filling

out the blank forms are bound to make mistakes. Maybe not exactly mistakes, but not matching exactly what is already on file in their voting record.

[still_one]

2. The Democratic party better be going into states to help people register to vote.

We know they are going to try to suppress the vote with bullshit like this

It is not hyperbole, this election is for the survival of the country.

[Iliyah]

3. The more I read about shithole/gop's blocking of . . .

absentee ballots the more I believe that they are not only hurting anyone who is not voting for republicans, but also hurting republican voters, especially the seniors and pre-existing condition voters.

Also in Iowa the governor has requested picking up all the ballot boxes, and will probably in blue areas have only 1 polling station or none at all.

It is upfront voter suppression.

[NCjack]

4. I think Donald made a mistake. He has a lot of morons in his base. They could

have used that help to enter their information correctly. Now, simple mistakes will get their ballots tossed.

[Thekaspervote]

5. It may hurt the poorly educated white gop voter more than dems

Be careful what you wish for!!