“A Win for Election Integrity”: USPS To Move Ahead with Big Change to Mail-in Voting

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USPS will be allowed to move ahead with a major change to mail-in voting procedures, after an appeal court ruling. States will now have to provide voter lists and serialized ballot barcodes before federal ballots are mailed.

This could have a significant effect on election in California, where almost all voters receive their ballots by mail.

“This ruling is a win for election integrity and would have significant implications for states like California that refuse to submit their voter rolls to verify compliance with federal election laws,” said First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli.

The ruling, by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, doesn’t resolve the case, but it does allow the Postal Service to continue with the policy while the case is considered.

Advocates of the policy say it will help to restore confidence in mail-in voting.

In March of this year, an Executive Order directed USPS to propose a rule with stricter requirements for mail-in ballots, and the Postal Service said it might refuse to deliver ballots that don’t meet the requirements.

In response, the NAACP filed a motion to enforce a ruling from a 2021 case that challenged similar attempts to tighten rules for delivery of mail-in ballots.

Critics say the Executive Order is unconstitutional and could disenfranchise millions of voters, as well as violating earlier court rulings.

President Trump’s SAVE America Act, which requires citizenship proof and photo ID to vote in federal elections, remains stuck in limbo at present, with opposition from Democrats and Republicans, including Sen. Thom Tillis, who previously supported voter-ID laws in North Carolina.

Tillis has called the bill “fundamentally flawed and impossible to implement by this election,” arguing it cannot be rolled out in time across thousands of state and local jurisdictions.

“If I see a reconciliation bill come from the House with another failed attempt to confuse this election, I will use every device I have available to slow down the wheels of government,” he said.

President Trump has said the SAVE Act is necessary to “guarantee the midterms.”

“If you don’t get it, big trouble, my opinion.”

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