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Postmaster General breaks silence on Trump’s failed mail voting crackdown

The US Postal Service has suspended work on Trump's mail voting database after the Supreme Court struck down his executive order this week.

Trump’s efforts to largely eradicate mail voting turned the postal service into an unlikely arbiter of who is eligible to vote

The Long Sip
What happened

The US Postal Service suspended work on a database central to Trump's plan to restrict mail voting after the Supreme Court struck down his order.

The detail

Postmaster General David Steiner told the AP there is an injunction so the agency is not doing anything further on the project.

What it means

With midterm elections approaching, the court ruling means mail voting restrictions are on hold for now, though Trump has sharply criticised the decision.

For you

The Supreme Court injunction means mail voting rules stay as they are for now, so check your state's current rules before the midterms.

Full story at The Independent

What readers are saying

BankstownHassan
Steiner claims he was only focused on the operational side, but managing the IT rollout for a citizenship portal clearly overlaps with policy execution. It is difficult to separate the logistics of the database from the broader impact on voter eligibility.
CountryXander
The Supreme Court injunction effectively halts this hasty digital database project.
ChildfreeChloe
The memo sent to staff says it is business as usual for election mail and they will not enforce any of the new rules. That matters because it keeps things straightforward for voters right before the midterms.
gailg
The postmaster learned of the order only a month before it was unveiled.

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