1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

Block the Trump administration's proposed USPS rules before they destroy mail-in voting access ahead of the November midterms. These rules would require states to hand over voter lists to the Postal Service as a condition of having mail ballots delivered at all — a federal takeover of state election administration dressed up as postal policy. This isn't about election integrity. Eight courts have already ruled against the Justice Department in cases where DOJ sued states to obtain this exact voter data. Now the administration is trying to get through USPS what it couldn't get through the courts. Jefferson County, Colorado clerk Amanda Gonzalez called it exactly what it is: "a poorly disguised ploy" to seize voter data. The DHS citizenship lists tied to this order rely on immigrant record systems already known to falsely flag eligible voters as non-citizens — a ready-made tool for pressuring states into illegal voter purges. Maine's Secretary of State warns this could mean the "virtual elimination of mail-in voting." The USPS portal required to implement these rules doesn't even exist yet, and smaller election offices simply cannot comply. Fight this. Support the legal challenges, push for congressional action to defund implementation, and make clear that federal agencies do not get to hold ballot delivery hostage to extract voter data the courts have repeatedly refused to hand over.