Trump Campaign Lawsuit Over Ballot Drop Boxes Is Placed on Hold
- State courts should decide the Pennsylvania matter, judge says
- Campaign has said voting by mail, drop boxes to create fraud
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A lawsuit by President Donald Trump’s campaign seeking to block Pennsylvania counties from using drop boxes to collect mail-in ballots was put on hold Sunday by a federal judge who said state courts should have a chance to decide the matter first.
U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan in Pittsburgh granted a request from the American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations to abstain from ruling on the matter, at least for now, while several related cases play out in state court. Ranjan said the Trump campaign could ask to revive the case if the state court matters take too long.