Judge blocks Iowa directive on absentee ballot applications

A judge blocked Iowa's secretary of state Monday from enforcing an order that barred counties from sending absentee ballot applications to voters with their personal information already filled in. Judge Robert Hanson sided with Democratic Party groups, who contended that Secretary of State Paul Pate exceeded his authority when he told counties that absentee ballot request forms must be blank when mailed to voters. Hanson ordered Pate to halt enforcement of his directive, which the judge said appeared designed to limit access to absentee voting.

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