Janai Nelson: ‘They Are Fighting So Hard to Stop People From Voting by Mail’ as Legal Battle Over Mail In Ballots Escalates

‘They want to suppress the vote’

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NESLON: "So yesterday that legal defense, one one temporary restraining order. In a case where we represent the league of women voters in Massachusetts, and that case actually was a. A big block buster response to what the Supreme Court did earlier this week by saying that, in fact, we didn’t have standing to advance the case. It was a really technical issue where the rule had not gone into effect until they said you know, it’s not really ripe. Yet so the role went into effect. We at. We filed a supplemental complaint yesterday and we got a temporary restraining order. Of course, the United States, postal service has now appealed, and so we are going to be duking it out likely and the Supreme Court there’s a hearing scheduled for next Thursday. There might be something sooner, but the reality is. They are fighting so hard to stop people from voting by mail because they want to suppress the vote.”

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