State attorneys defend law allowing universal voting by mail
(World News USA)

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for the Delaware Department of Elections are asking a Chancery Court judge to reject the state Republican Party`s challenge to a new law allowing universal voting by mail in the November election. The GOP filed a lawsuit last month arguing lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled legislature exceeded their constitutional authority in invoking emergency powers to pass the measure, which was signed into law July 1, less than three weeks after being introduced. Vice Chancellor Sam Glassock III has scheduled a Thursday hearing on the GOP`s request for an injunction to prevent vote-by-mail ballots from being counted. Attorneys for the state argue that the lawsuit should...