Trump campaign seeks to halt early vote counting while lawsuit against New Jersey is decided

President Donald Trump’s campaign wants a federal judge to act soon to prevent New Jersey from counting mail-in ballots starting 10 days before the Nov. 3 election

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In a court filing Wednesday, the campaign also asked U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shipp to bar elections officials from accepting mail-in ballots that do not have a postmark for two days after Election Day.The campaign and its co-plaintiffs, the Republican National Committee and the New Jersey Republican State Committee, filed an “an order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue” — its first move to hasten the lawsuit they filed Aug. 18.

But the motion, signed by state Sen. Michael Testa , does not seek to immediately pause the larger plans for a mail-in election, despite the Trump campaign’s claims it violates the U.S. Constitution and three federal laws.Murphy on Aug. 14 ordered that the general election be conducted primarily by mail, with all active voters automatically sent a mail-in ballot. Voters can also fill out provisional ballots in person at polling places.

The Trump campaign sued on Aug. 18, calling the plans a “recipe for disaster” and alleging potential for voter fraud. But

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