A judge in Iowa’s second-largest county invalidated over 50,000 applications for absentee ballots Thursday.
Judge Ian Thornhill’s ruling prompted election officials to resend applications to thousands of voters due to issues with the originals, according to CBS 46.
Thornhill’s temporary injunction ordered Linn County Auditor Joel Miller, a Democrat, to notify voters that the forms should not have been pre-filled with their information and therefore could not be processed, according to NBC News.
Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel praised the move in a statement Thursday and said it upheld “a key voter protection mechanism and will help to ensure Iowa’s elections are free, fair and transparent.
