1. United States
2. Iowa
3. Letter

Subject: A Federal Power Grab — And a Direct Attack on States’ Rights Today, the Postmaster General confirmed before Congress that the U.S. Postal Service will refuse to deliver mail-in ballots to American citizens in any state that won’t surrender its voter lists to the federal government. I need to know where you stand. Mail-in voting has worked safely, securely, and honestly for millions of Americans across this country for decades. States like Oregon have run entirely mail-based elections for years without scandal or fraud. More importantly, it makes democracy accessible to the people who need it most: those without reliable transportation, those who cannot afford to take time off work, those who would otherwise be silenced not by choice, but by circumstance. These are not fringe voters. These are your constituents. This should alarm every conservative who believes in the Constitution. The founding principle of states’ rights means the federal government has no business coercing states into surrendering voter data by threatening to hold citizens’ ballots hostage. The Constitution explicitly reserves election administration to the states. A presidential executive order cannot override that. This is not election integrity — this is Washington strong-arming states into compliance. If you believe in states’ rights and limited federal power, this is the moment to prove it. I am asking you to take two specific actions: 1. Publicly oppose this USPS proposed rule and call for its immediate withdrawal. 2. Support the ongoing legal challenges that protect states’ constitutional authority over their own elections. Federal courts are already pushing back. Republicans who believe in constitutional governance should be standing alongside them — not silent while a federal agency punishes states for exercising their rights. I vote in every election and I will be watching how you respond to this.