Judge rejects Republican move to restrict overseas voting in Michigan


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  • Tuesday, 22 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' face appears as a video plays on a screen, during a rally at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. October 18, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

(Reuters) - A judge in Michigan on Monday rejected an effort by the Republican Party to block some Americans who are living overseas from voting in the battleground state.

The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit earlier this month arguing that election laws in the state improperly allowed U.S. citizens living abroad who had never lived in Michigan - but whose relatives had - to vote there.

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