USPS rule could block mail ballots in states that withhold voter rolls
What's new: Postmaster General David Steiner told senators the Postal Service would refuse delivery unless states provide absentee-ballot request lists.
The U.S. Postal Service is proposing a rule that could stop mail ballots from reaching voters in states that do not give the federal government lists of people who requested absentee or mail ballots. Postmaster General David Steiner told the Senate Homeland Security Committee that under the proposal, USPS would not deliver those ballots and would instead tell the state it needs the voter-request manifest. The draft rule says the lists would help check compliance with federal law and support law enforcement. It cites President Donald Trump's March executive order seeking tighter mail-voting rules and eligible-voter lists, even though states largely run elections under the Constitution.