On March 31, 2026, President Trump signed Executive Order 14399, “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections.” On June 2, 2026, as directed by the order, the United States Postal Service published a proposed rule, “Ballot Mail for Federal Elections,” in the Federal Register.

The proposal would establish new nationwide requirements governing the preparation and handling of ballot mail for federal elections.

The Postal Service provided a 30-day public comment period, which closed on July 2, 2026. The order directs the Postal Service to issue a final rule, if any, no later than 120 days from the date of the order, which would be on July 29, 2026.

Unlike most federal agencies, the Postal Service does not publish the comments it receives in response to proposed rules. We’ve therefore put together a compilation that brings together comments that were made publicly available by their authors or obtained from other public sources.

View the compilation document here.

After the compilation was prepared, four additional comments came to light.

The updated compilation document with these additional comments is here.

There’s more about the comments and lawsuits in this previous post.