Postal workers lash out against new USPS rule that helps Trump's attack on mail-in voting

[RandySF]

The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) says it is “deeply alarmed” about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) new rule created to carry out President Donald Trump’s plans for restricting mail-in voting.

Calling it an “unconstitutional attack on the millions of Americans who vote by mail,” the APWU said in a press statement that it “rejects the premise” that the USPS needed to comply with Trump’s order.

“The Executive Order also ignores the fundamental purpose of the Postal Service and postal workers, which is to provide universal service to all,” reads the statement. “The Postal Service serves all Americans – regardless of party, religion, or race; it is not a tool for politicians to pick which Americans get which benefits.”

Trump’s March 31 order calls for the creation of federally managed lists of citizens the administration deems eligible to vote. It also calls for the USPS to only send absentee ballots to voters on lists that states have submitted for federal approval. Election experts say that these measures are unlawful given that states, and Congress to a degree, have the sole constitutional authority to administer elections.



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