The Supreme Court is considering Trump’s plan for the mass rejection of mail ballots. Whatever happens, many ballots may be tossed due to USPS delays.
By
Ed Kilgore,
political columnist for Intelligencer since 2015
Will many of these ballots wind up in the trash?
As the name suggests, “voting by mail” requires some cooperation from the U.S. Postal Service. And the New York Times reports that there are some disturbing signs USPS may not be entirely up to the job in this year’s midterm elections, even if Donald Trump’s vast plans for making it a choke point over mail ballots don’t come to fruition:
The U.S. Postal Service is emerging as a pivotal player as the midterm elections approach. President Donald Trump is seeking…
Roughly six weeks before the first midterm ballots are mailed out, the U.S. Postal Service is emerging as a pivotal player in an…
More mail-in ballots are being tossed for lateness than before—an ominous warning ahead of November’s elections.
Democrats and voting-rights groups have challenged the proposed rule as a harmful federal intrusion that could affect millions of…
Trump-ordered requirements could let the Postal Service reject non-compliant ballot mailings; opponents seek emergency court…
The U.S. Postal Service has said it won’t implement the rule for the midterms unless the Supreme Court allows it.
New US mail voting rules take effect as states warn of midterm disruption
