The USPS acknowledged in the text of the final rule posted online Friday, which is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register next week, that two injunctions issued by federal courts in California and Massachusetts currently bar it from moving ahead with the changes to comply with a March executive order signed by Donald Trump.
The federal government has sued 30 states and Washington DC for refusing to hand over lists of eligible voters.
Nearly one in three Americans voted by mail in 2024, but Trump, who wants to restrict the number of voters by limiting ballots cast by mail, signed an executive order in March that prohibits the USPS from delivering ballots to any voters not on a federal list of citizens deemed eligible to vote in each state by the Department of Homeland Security.
The USPS proposal to implement this order seeks to require states to give the postal service the names and barcodes tied to mail-in ballots for federal elections. The service said it received more than 200,000 responses to its proposed rule change during a public comment period.
There is quite a bit they can do legally, unfortunately, like last time when they decided to shut down mail sorting machines all accorss the country.
Make a plan to show up on Election Day. If your precinct has an early voting location, use it. Make sure your ballot gets into a ballot box physically.