{"id":458,"date":"2026-07-05T22:03:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=458"},"modified":"2026-07-05T22:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:03:46","slug":"democratic-governors-press-us-postal-service-to-drop-plan-tied-to-trumps-election-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Democratic governors press US Postal Service to drop plan tied to Trump&#8217;s election order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">A group of Democratic governors asked the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday to withdraw its proposed rule seeking to implement an executive order from President Donald Trump to create a federal list of eligible voters and potentially limit who can receive a ballot in the mail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The president signed <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-mail-voting-elections-47cc334b1fb7742244a9c4f176b355cd\">the order<\/a> in March. It directs U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Social Security Administration to create a \u201ccitizenship list\u201d for each state and the Postal Service to limit mailed ballots to those on the lists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Postal Service filed a proposed rule to implement the order in late May. Since then, a federal judge has <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-executive-order-elections-mail-voting-b28c3425c1dc968cd0f57c61fb7a684e\">blocked Trump&#8217;s executive order<\/a> and barred agencies from implementing it, saying it was unconstitutional because only states and Congress \u2014 not the president \u2014 have the power to set election rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The letter sent Thursday was an effort organized by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and included eight other Democratic governors \u2014 from California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin. It cited the judge&#8217;s ruling and asked that the Postal Service withdraw <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2026-10968.pdf\">the rule<\/a> it had proposed to fulfill Trump&#8217;s order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cFar from ensuring integrity in federal elections,&#8221; they wrote in the six-page letter, \u201cthe Proposed Rule would undermine trust in elections, needlessly complicate voting processes, arbitrarily disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, and undermine states\u2019 constitutional role in ensuring free and fair elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The proposed rule would grant, they argued, \u201cunilateral power to refuse to deliver their ballots if a state refuses to collaborate with President Trump\u2019s unlawful directives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Postal Service did not immediately respond to calls and emails seeking comment. It had filed the proposed rule in the Federal Register after a judge considering a separate lawsuit against Trump&#8217;s executive order <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-elections-mail-voting-executive-order-9474fae41161dc5954295ae1370bcb88\">declined to block it<\/a> because the administration \u2014 at that point \u2014 had not taken steps to implement it. The Democratic and civil rights groups that filed that lawsuit have appealed the ruling. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The executive order also met <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/postal-service-mail-voting-trump-midterms-d0883d8064fd512565e8b07e373a5a66\">pushback from postal workers<\/a>, with the president of the American Postal Workers union, Jonathan Smith, previously saying that their job was not to \u201cverify voter eligibility\u201d but to \u201cmove mail from one destination to the next.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It was the second executive order seeking oversight of elections that Trump has signed since returning to office. The centerpiece of <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022\">his first order<\/a>, which also has been blocked by the courts, sought to require people to show documented proof of citizenship to register to vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Both orders revolve around Trump&#8217;s targeting of voting by noncitizens, which studies and investigations by state and local authorities have <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/noncitizens-voting-republicans-election-2024-immigration-09b86e6768f755fd875f3c51b0e8ea70\">shown to be rare<\/a>. Trump also has <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-republicans-rnc-mailed-ballots-voting-759f2277e00532dedaaa93e17f7329a1\">fixated on voting by mail<\/a> as a source of fraud, even though <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-vote-by-mail-bd52fd205f4484237d5b77d2e7319350\">he also uses the method<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">There is no indication of any widespread problems with mail voting, which has <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2024-voting-mail-ballots-drop-boxes-a92707d4805ea2701a8d795e39f83241\">gained in popularity<\/a> among Democrats and Republicans alike. A report by the Brookings Institution published in 2025 found that the number of cases of mail voting fraud was minuscule \u2014 about four cases per 10 million mail ballots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Democratic governors asked the U.S. Postal Service on Thursday to withdraw its proposed rule seeking to implement an executive order from President Donald Trump to create a federal list of eligible voters and potentially limit who can receive a ballot in the mail. The president signed the order in March. 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