The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a lower court ruling Aug. 11 that would have made it easier for a group that advocates for redistricting reform in Oregon to collect signatures during the current pandemic.
It’s the latest emergency order by the high court that declined to temporarily ease election law requirements in the age of the CCP virus, a novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19. A panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals previously denied the state’s motion to stay the lower court order.
