US Edition37 Senate Democrats Urge USPS Not to Follow Trump Mail-In Order
The senators said the order would let USPS decide who can vote by mail and could disenfranchise eligible voters.
- On Tuesday, 37 Democratic senators urged the Postal Service to reject President Donald Trump's March 31 executive order tightening mail-in voting rules, arguing it illegally transforms the agency into an election administration body.
- President Trump's executive order, signed earlier this month, directs Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to verify voter citizenship and bars the Postal Service from delivering ballots not on state-approved mail-in lists.
- Senators argued the directive "infringe on the states' and Congress' constitutional role" to regulate elections, warning the order "will have a chilling effect on the eligibility of American voters," they said.
- More than 20 Democratic-led states sued to block the order, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries filed a separate legal challenge with the Democratic National Committee.
- Trump continues pressing Congress to pass the SAVE America Act, which requires photo identification for federal voting, while he has long claimed mail-in voting caused widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
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How Trump’s order on mail ballots threatens Postal Service independence • Maine Morning Star
Election workers sort ballots at the Weld County Elections office in Greeley, Colorado, in June 2024. (Photo by Andrew Fraieli/Colorado Newsline)President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail voting would shatter decades of U.S. Postal Service independence intended to shield it from partisan politics, postal experts and attorneys say. Postal experts said Trump ordering the postmaster general to take any action — let alone on a matter as sensit…
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How Trump’s order on mail ballots threatens Postal Service independence
Election workers sort ballots at the Weld County Elections office in Greeley, Colorado, in June 2024. (Photo by Andrew Fraieli/Colorado Newsline)President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail voting would shatter decades of U.S. Postal Service independence intended to shield it from partisan politics, postal experts and attorneys say. Postal experts said Trump ordering the postmaster general to take any action — let alone on a matter as sensit…
Senate Democrats press Postal Service to reject Trump mail-in voting order
Dozens of Senate Democrats are calling on the U.S. Postal Service not to comply with President Trump’s executive order that restricts mail-in voting. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) demanded in a Monday letter to the Postal Service that it “follow the law…
37 Senate Democrats Urge USPS to Refuse Trump’s Vote-by-Mail Executive Order
Thirty-seven Senate Democrats sent a letter Monday to the U.S. Postal Service’s board of governors calling on the agency to refuse to implement a March 31 executive order that directs the USPS to use state-submitted lists to determine which voters may receive mail-in and absentee ballots. The order specifically mentions U.S. citizenship as a key element for eligibility. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) led the effort alongside thr…
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