USPS Proposed to Align with Trump Executive Order on Ballot Matching
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The USPS rule, first proposed on June 2, moves to align the agency with President Donald Trump's March 31 executive order, which, among other things, ordered the agency to mandate that all states that plan to use USPS to send mail-in ballots notify the agency at least 90 days before an election and to send USPS a list of eligible voters the state plans on providing a mail-in ballot to at least 60 days before the election.
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USA TodayUSPS said it was issuing its 95-page rule so it could take immediate effect if a court lifted its injunctions on it and be in place for the upcoming election. Under the rule, USPS would not deliver ballots in states that do not comply with the rule's new standards.
The HillUS Postal Service issues rule to tighten requirements for mail-in voting despite courts looking to block The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced Friday new eligibility guidelines for mail-in ballots, complying with President Trump’s March executive order restricting the practice — despite a federal court later striking it down. USPS’s 95-page unpublished report, slated for an official release on Aug. 26, detailed how it would distribute mail-in ballots for November’s midterms.…
The Guardian USIn accordance with the order, the postal service would require states to give the US Department of Homeland Security and other agencies access to lists of voters and to adopt new balloting procedures before the mail agency would make deliveries. If states did not comply, the USPS would refuse to deliver the ballots.
New York TimesPostal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots The plan complies with President Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court.
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Last week, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston blocked USPS from adopting those rules ordered by President Donald Trump ahead of the November elections that will decide control of Congress.
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Fox NewsU.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, issued an initial preliminary injunction against the executive order in June, ruling that two sections – including the section pertaining to USPS and mail-in ballots – were unconstitutional.
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USPS Postmaster General David Steiner defended the plan in June, saying the Postal Service is making sure "we match the ballots that a state believes they're sending out to what actually gets sent out."
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Fox NewsUSPS Postmaster General David Steiner defended the rule when it was first proposed in June, arguing that the USPS is making sure "we match the ballots that a state believes they're sending out to what actually gets sent out."
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01 Fox News The finalized rule, however, cannot go into effect under an outstanding federal injunction against Trump's March executive order.
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02 The Guardian US The federal government has sued 30 states and Washington DC for refusing to hand over lists of eligible voters.
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03 USA Today Trump signed his executive order in March after years of calling for tighter rules on voting by mail and pushing the false claim that his 2020 election defeat was the result of widespread voter fraud.
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04 Vox On Tuesday, a federal appeals court struck down a South Carolina law that permits all voters over age 65 to vote by mail but allows younger voters to do so only if they meet a set of specific criteria. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Grant v. Belangia held that the state’s law violates the 26th Amendment.
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