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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging Indiana s vote-by-mail restrictions, meaning a federal district court will now decide the future of absentee voting in the state.
Plaintiffs in the case argued that Indiana s age restriction for absentee voters infringes upon the constitutional right to participate in the polls. It is one of 11 restrictions that define who can and who can t vote by mail.
The state s election commission waived those requirements during last year s primary elections because it recognized that the pandemic hindered safety at the voting booth. Plaintiffs tried to get a judge in federal Southern District court to require that the commission extend that allowance to the November presidential elections, but the judge declined their request.
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