Mail ballots are 'secure,' Illinois election officials stress after Supreme Court ruling

As courts continue to decide the fate of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in ballots, Cook County and Illinois election officials say they’re going full speed on their preparations for early voting and vote-by-mail ballots in the November election. And as Trump continues a multi-pronged effort to sow doubt on mail ballots, they’re also working to assure voters that the process is secure. “Voting by mail is not a shortcut around the safeguards that protect our…