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Postal Service Issues Proposal to Block Mail Ballots in States That Don’t Turn Over Data

Democrats and voting-rights groups have challenged the proposed rule as a harmful federal intrusion that could affect millions of voters who cast their ballots by mail.

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Department of Elections workers sort mail-in ballots for the California primary election at City Hall in San Francisco, Calif., earlier this month.
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Trump Previews Fall Strategy With Baseless Claims of California Vote Fraud

The president is using the slow count of mail ballots in California to renew his effort to cast doubt on election outcomes he doesn’t like, despite a lack of evidence of any widespread fraud.

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By baselessly framing the rise of a candidate for Los Angeles mayor as a Democratic scam, President Trump has extended his long-running project to erode public faith in elections.
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Why It Takes California So Long to Count Votes

Experts say speeding up the count in California would take more resources, but also scaling back rules that expand voting access.

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Ballots are sorted the day after California’s primary election at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in City of Industry, Calif., on Wednesday.
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