(Providence, RI)--A federal judge in Providence yesterday backed a consent decree to waive witness requirements for mail ballot voters in Rhode Island this year.The ACLU and others filed a lawsuit on behalf of voters with a certain medical vulnerability to the coronavirus after the Rhode Island General Assembly did not pass legislation that would waive the requirement.The Republican National Committee attempted to intervene in the case over concerns that easing the witness requirement would threaten the integrity of elections.
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