Legislative races to watch next week

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“Because of the high risk of errors and the limited window for correcting mistakes, many of the millions of voters who rely on mail voting—especially voters with disabilities and those in rural areas—would likely be denied mail ballots and, as a result, disenfranchised.”

– Democratic state officials, in a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to keep in place a stay pausing the Trump administration’s order to overhaul voting by mail.

While Wisconsin’s governor’s race is drawing national attention, control of the state Legislature could determine whether the next governor can enact their agenda. Baylor Spears looks at some of the legislative primaries next week that will shape the handful of Assembly and Senate races that could decide control of the state Capitol next year.

States do not have time before November’s midterm elections to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order mandating overhauls of their mail-in-voting systems, two dozen Democratic state officials told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. The brief urges justices to keep a stay pausing the order in place through Election Day. Jacob Fischler of our Washington bureau team reports.

More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children Monday lost their legal representation because the Trump administration has not entered into a new agreement to take over their legal services after it let a longstanding contract with a nonprofit expire. Immigration attorneys and advocates worry the loss in legal aid will put children on a fast track to deportations, reports Ariana Figueroa in our Washington bureau.

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