N.J. Dems call on USPS to refuse to comply with Trump mail-in ballot executive order

Rep. Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon) led a letter from New Jersey’s congressional Democrats calling on the U.S. Postal Service to refuse to comply with President Donald Trump’s attempt to increase his administration’s influence over mail-in election systems.

Trump’s executive order would compile lists of eligible voters and require the Postal Service to cross-check mail-in ballots with those lists, among other changes. The executive order faces legal challenges — the Constitution gives the states and Congress to establish election law, not the president.

The letter, sent to Postmaster General David Steiner, demands that the USPS refuse to implement sections of the executive order that interfere with a state’s ability to administer elections; “publicly reaffirm” the agency’s commitment to neutrality; coordinate with state and local election officials to timely transport election mail; and provide Congress with communications and operational changes related to the executive order.

“USPS is a neutral carrier of election mail—not an election authority,” they wrote. “It cannot assume powers reserved to the states or change its operations in ways that interfere with state election laws or voter access.”



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