Yesterday, in an emergency opinion, the Supreme Court decided that the Trump Administration can go forward with an executive order that would fundamentally change the way elections are conducted in the U.S.
Under the order, the Department of Homeland Security would create lists of U.S. citizens eligible to vote that it would send to states, and the U.S. Postal Service would decide who can get mail-in ballots.
Though this isn’t the final legal word, the ruling creates a new level of uncertainty just ten weeks from the midterm elections.
Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read joins us for a discussion.
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