Postmaster general's remarks on mail ballots stoke fears among voting rights advocates

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

06/28/26 6:00 AM ET


Postmaster General David Steiner stoked fears among Democrats and voting rights groups this week after confirming the U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver mail ballots in states that refuse to provide sensitive voter data to the federal government.

The Trump administration’s crackdown on mail-in voting is becoming a point of contention ahead of November’s general election. Critics have sounded the alarm on what they call the federal government’s attempt to overstep its authority. Some courts have agreed. A federal judge on Thursday blocked the proposal from moving forward after a slate of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit.

Celina Stewart, chief executive officer of the League of Women Voters, said the postmaster general’s statement creates a “credibility issue.”

“The comments that he made are particularly concerning because voting is a right, and now it’s being presented as like this risk profile, and when access to the ballot starts being treated as suspicious behavior, which I think is the underlying thing here, democracy itself starts to be audited, I think, which is really problematic,” Stewart said. “And if we think about why the Postal Service exists, it’s to serve the public, not to serve as a data pipeline for political agendas.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5943390-usps-mail-ballots-trump-order-voter-data/

[BonnieJW]

1. I believe Mark Elias just won a lawsuit

Preventing the usps from implementing this plan. I will look for a link.

[hookaleft]

2. Yes he did

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But perhaps the most important of this week’s pro-voting rulings came Thursday, when, as Jacob Knutson reported, a judge blocked the government from implementing Trump’s March executive order that aimed to crack down on mail voting.

The decision could hardly have been more timely — it came just a day after the Postmaster General alarmingly told lawmakers that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) wouldn’t deliver mail ballots in states that don’t first submit a list of would-be mail voters to be checked against government records, as Trump’s order envisions. One USPS advocate told Jacob that the plan, by turning the nonpartisan agency into a political tool of the administration, “will destroy the Postal Service.”

Indeed, Jim explained why, despite Thursday’s crucial ruling, voting rights advocates — aware of this administration’s record of finding ways around, or flat-out ignoring, court orders — aren’t declaring victory just yet.

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https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/this-week-at-democracy-docket-judges-are-rejecting-trumps-anti-voting-crusade/

[BaronChocula]

3. How's that for a profascist headline?

Not "Voting rights advocates on alert" or "Voting rights advocates fight back."

Voting rights advocates/progressives aren't cowering in the corner. They're Ginger Rogers on the damn dance floor.

The Friggin' Hill.

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/25/nx-s1-5869755/judge-blocks-postal-service-proposal-to-restrict-mail-in-voting-under-trumps-order

[Karasu]

4. I've been waiting to hear what Steiner has said SINCE the court ruling. Does he still intend to do this shit or not?