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The untold origins of Trump's plan to sharply restrict mail-in voting
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Judge Amy Coney Barrett after she was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S. October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
What happened
RawStory, citing ProPublica’s reporting, says the Trump White House considered requiring every mail ballot to travel by certified mail—a system that would have required voters to be home to sign for delivery. The administration abandoned that proposal after fierce Postal Service objections that it could not be executed, then issued a…
The skinny
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