USPS

3 briefs

power 2026-04-26

Trump Signed a Mail Voting Order. 23 States Sued Within Hours. The Midterms Are in 6 Months.

An executive order requiring USPS to verify voter citizenship before delivering ballots is legally dubious, operationally impossible, and may energize the very voters it aims to suppress.

power 2026-04-25

Trump Signed an Order Telling the Post Office How to Handle Ballots. The Post Office Answers to a Board That Answers to Nobody.

The March 31 executive order requires the postmaster general to regulate mail voting. Federal law explicitly prohibits presidential control of the mail. Both things are true at once.

power 2026-04-23

The President Can't Run the Post Office. He's Trying Anyway.

Trump's March 31 executive order instructs the Postmaster General to control how states send ballots. It violates a 55-year-old law, and a coalition of AGs is now defending it.