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Trump can't order Postal Service to put limits on mail ballot delivery, judge rules (www.scrippsnews.com)

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A federal judge blocked the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out its plan for President Donald Trump’s mail ballot executive order, finding that the proposal violated a settlement in a 2020 lawsuit against the agency.

Trump had directed USPS to only transmit ballots for states that submit to the agency lists of their mail-in voters and that meet other requirements for their mail voting programs. Previously, a judge in Boston had halted the Postal Service from implementing the order for two-dozen states that challenged it in court. But the new ruling from US District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who sits in Washington DC, blocks the directives nationwide.

If courts let Trump’s order from March 2026 stand, it would give the federal government an unprecedented role in elections — and could put even more voter data in the hands of Trump officials searching for supposed election fraud.

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[–] mikenurre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

DeJoy already said he would. Who's going to stop him? Or punish him after the fact? No one? K, bye.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not sure about other places with mail-in voting, but here in Washington State, we have drop boxes as well. We also have tracking for the ballot that it was received which gives you alerts on your phone if you opt in. I would strong suggest using the drop boxes and getting alerts.

[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

De Joy was talking about mailing ballots to us so I’m not sure how helpful the drop boxes would be in that situation.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I didn't catch that part. Biden fucked up not replacing him and garland.

Edit: I forgot, the election department (or whatever you call it) sends you a ping when they sent the ballot so you can make sure you get it. Only if you opt in to alerts though.