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Judge Tosses 50,000 Absentee Ballot Requests After Commissioner Fills Out Voter Information

Ashe Schow
Judge Tosses 50,000 Absentee Ballot Requests After Commissioner Fills Out Voter Information
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A judge in Iowa ordered 50,000 absentee ballot requests to be voided after President Donald Trump’s campaign argued a county elections commissioner acted improperly when he sent the requests out with voter’s personal information already filled out.

Judge Ian Thornhill issued a temporary injunction, The Associated Press reported, which requires Linn County Auditor Joel Miller “to notify voters in writing that the forms should not have been pre-filled with their information and cannot be processed.”

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