Trump Suit Targets Mail-In Ballots in State He Needs to Win
- Dispute over 18,000 ballot applications in three Iowa counties
- President won Iowa in 2016 but now trailing in some polls
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President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is suing three Iowa counties to invalidate requests for absentee ballots in a fight that has come down to about 18,000 ballots in a GOP-leaning state where more than a million people are expected to vote.
The dispute, which is likely headed for the Iowa Supreme Court, centers around the legitimacy of ballot applications that were sent out with some voter information already filled in.