(CNN) A state judge in Iowa's second-largest county has invalidated more than 50,000 applications for absentee ballots, prompting election officials to re-send applications to thousands of voters because of problems with the original forms. The judge sided with the Trump campaign and the Republican Party, which filed a lawsuit this month seeking to discard the absentee ballot request forms. "Not every county can afford the prepopulated request forms," the judge also noted. Linn County elections officials said after the ruling on Thursday that they planned to void the absentee ballot request forms they had received if the forms had pre-filled information. The county said it plans to mail new request forms to each voter who was impacted.

Source: CNN August 28, 2020 00:17 UTC