On August 21, USPS finalized a rule to implement President Trump’s vote-by-mail executive order that would require states to provide absentee voter rolls to the federal government and comply with new ballot standards, while giving USPS the authority to verify and refuse to deliver ballots that do not meet its requirements.
HSGAC Democrats Demand Postal Service Immediately Halt Implementation of Unconstitutional Vote-by-Mail Restrictions - Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) led Democrats in demanding that the Postal Service (USPS) immediately halt implementation of President Trump’s unlawful vote-by-mail executive order and rescind its recently finalized rule on federal ballot mail. In a letter to Postmaster General David Steiner and the USPS Board of Governors, the senators warned that the Postal Service’s efforts to fundamentally change how absentee ballots are processed and delivered just weeks before the 2026 midterm elections risks disenfranchising millions of eligible voters and disrupting the smooth administration of the elections.
Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms
Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms
USPS opens internal probe into whistleblower’s mail voting claims, Dems say
The whistleblower alleged the agency's haphazard implementation of new mail voting restrictions could unleash chaos this November.
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