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Supreme Court Blocks Lower Court Ruling Suspending Idaho Election Rules

Supreme Court Blocks Lower Court Ruling Suspending Idaho Election Rules
The Supreme Court in Washington, early on June 15, 2020. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a judge’s order that relaxed election rules to give an Idaho activist group additional time to gather signatures for a ballot initiative amid the current pandemic.

The vote on the unsigned order issued late in the day on July 30 was apparently 5 to 2.