Postal Service stops building mail ballot verification system
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'eligibility list'
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The head of the US Postal Service said Thursday the agency has stopped developing a computer system that was central to President Trump's effort to restrict mail voting, days after the Supreme Court rejected the executive order underpinning it.

The system would have supported provisions directing the Postal Service to deliver ballots only to voters appearing on a federal eligibility list.

Two other legal setbacks landed the same day. A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to give 30 days' notice before making major physical changes to the building, including demolition, which Trump has threatened.

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