A federal court ruled the attack on mail voting and effort to build a national voter registration list was unconstitutional.
Petition to reject Trump order forcing USPS to reject ballots
Americans for Financial Freedom, a progressive nonprofit coalition of approximately 200 consumer, labor and special interest groups that advocate for financial reform, has launched a petition drive demanding that the USPS reject Trump’s illegal order to force the post office to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters. (The coalition uses “Save the Post Office,” but it is not affiliated with this website.) … Read More
The Postal Service gets in deep on proposed changes to mail voting
The Postal Service is once again being embroiled in the national debate over voting by mail. In March the President issued an executive order on mail voting that represents an unprecedented federal intervention into the election system, with the Postal Service playing a key role. Earlier this week the Postal Service published a proposed rule in the Federal Register intended … Read More
Postmarks delayed, ballots denied: Warnings flash in Washington
A cost-cutting change to how the Postal Service handles outgoing mail at post offices is quietly undermining the vote-by-mail process. In states that rely on Election Day postmarks, a growing share of ballots are being rejected — not for arriving late, but for lacking a timely postmark. Earlier this week, a special election was held in Washington state, with counties … Read More
UH-OH: The slowest mail in the country is in key swing states, NBC investigations finds
NBC Miami: In 2020, when the United States Postal Service began an ambitious plan to modernize and consolidate services – in the middle of the pandemic – its slow service wound up disenfranchising tens of thousands of voters whose ballots never made it to their elections offices in time. Four years later – by some measures – USPS performance is now actually worse, … Read More
Top Election Officials Warn Postal Service of Mail Ballot Issues
New York Times: A bipartisan group of election officials sounded the alarm on Wednesday about significant problems in the Postal Service in delivering mailed ballots, highlighting previous cases “in nearly every state” of ballots being delivered “well after Election Day.” The National Association of Secretaries of State, a nonpartisan organization representing the top election officials in each state, wrote a letter … Read More
