06/22/2026
Trump is trying to take control of election laws away from the states and to his administration, using benign sounding administrative procedures and an executive order.
In March, DJT issued an executive order restricting mail-in voting, All states use mail-in voting. This new plan has not yet been fully put into effect. It is titled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections". However, orders the Postal Service to refuse to deliver valid election mail from (or to) eligible American voters.
- Orders the Department of Homeland Security to create lists of all adult U.S. citizens by state;
- Requires states to provide the USPS with eligible voter lists and to whom they intend to provide mail ballots;
- Directs the Postal Service to refuse to deliver mail ballots if voters are not on newly mandated lists;
- Directs the Department of Justice to prioritize investigating and prosecuting election officials who allegedly provide ballots to ineligible individuals.
Federal law requires the USPS to be a neutral service, prohibiting it from choosing the kind of mail it delivers or the people to whom it delivers mail.
In federal court Thursday the administration announced a “new General Privacy Act System of Records (“SORN”) to support the Exec Order to restrict mail-in voting. This indicates the intention to create this new record keeping system.
For more information and discussion about the lawsuits in progress to stop this effort:
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