mail-in voting

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway. The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years and have accounted for nearly a third of votes cast. Alabama’s mail-in ballots for absentee voting were sent out last week.

The state of Alabama is preparing to send out its mail-in ballots tomorrow, with five more states scheduled to do likewise next week. The Trump administration renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on mail ballots in time for the midterms.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge says older Alabama voters at risk for contracting COVID-19 shouldn’t have to comply with all the state’s…