00:02President Trump is taking his push to overhaul mail-in voting to the nation's highest court.
00:08The administration asked the Supreme Court Monday to let it move forward with the March executive order
00:13that would create a federal list of eligible mail-in voters and bar the Postal Service from sending ballots to
00:20people not on that list.
00:22Lower courts have blocked the order in the 23 states and D.C. that sued,
00:27saying states are likely to succeed in their argument that the president does not have the authority to change how
00:33elections are run.
00:34Now the justices are being asked to step in, with the administration arguing the order is only policy guidance,
00:41while federal agencies continue working out the details.
00:44The appeal comes just days after Trump used a primetime address to renew his claims
00:49that the election system needs stronger safeguards against fraud.
00:53The states challenging the order say the changes could disrupt preparations for November's midterms,
00:59while the administration says any new rules would need to be in place soon to have an impact this fall.
01:05The Supreme Court has ordered the states to respond by August 3rd,
01:09setting up what could become one of the most significant election cases before the midterms.
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