Postal Service proposes requiring states to provide mail-in ballot voter lists

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Source: CNBC

Postal Service proposes requiring states to provide mail-in ballot voter lists

PUBLISHED FRI, MAY 29 20261:16 PM EDT
Luke Fountain
@LUKE_FOUNTAIN25

KEY POINTS
* The U.S. Postal Service proposed new mail-in ballot rules that would require states to submit voter names, addresses and unique ballot barcodes for federal elections.
* The proposal would set mandatory "best practices" for federal elections including Election Mail logos, tracking barcodes and design reviews.
* The rule follows President Donald Trump's March elections-related executive order and comes one day after a federal judge declined to immediately block the order's mail-voting provision.


A mail-in ballot featuring California's Proposition 50 is seen in this illustration taken in Encinitas, California, U.S., October 21, 2025.
Mike Blake Reuters

The U.S. Postal Service proposed new rules Friday that would require states to provide voter-level data on mail-in ballots in federal elections, one day after a federal judge declined to immediately block President Donald Trump's executive order tightening mail-in voting rules.

The proposal would require states to submit to the Postal Service the names and addresses of voters receiving mail-in or absentee ballots, along with unique barcodes tied to each voter's outbound and return ballot envelopes.

USPS said the rule would help determine how many ballots were mailed and allow officials to compare that figure with the number of ballots returned to detect potential issues for further investigation.

The rule would apply to general, special and runoff federal elections, but not primaries or ballots sent to military and overseas voters.

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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/29/postal-service-mail-in-ballot-voter-lists-trump.html

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Here's a link to the proposed rule.

https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/search?conditions%5Bspecial_filing%5D1&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5DPRORULE

https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2026-10968/ballot-mail-for-federal-elections

Ballot Mail for Federal Elections
by the Postal Service scheduled for publication on 06/02/2026.
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https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10968.pdf

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[pecosbob]

1. STFU and deliver the mail Steiner. You don't get to make rules or law.

[AZJonnie]

2. So, a back-door way for IQ47 to get voter information from the states who've told him to get bent

AND a faceless bureaucracy to blame the problems on when Democrats (and others determined via AI scouring our personal info, social media, etc) don't receive their requested mail-in ballots. OOOPS, it wasn't TRUMP ordering that you don't get your ballot, the POST OFFICE must've just messed up

I believe the master plan here is to obstruct Democrats (specifically) from receiving mail-in ballots, via Federal (i.e. Trumps) intervention.

Also, THIS?

USPS said the rule would help determine how many ballots were mailed and allow officials to compare that figure with the number of ballots returned to detect potential issues for further investigation.

Is FUCKING BULLSHIT. All of that is already (since LONG AGO) audited, by ELECTION OFFICIALS, and in bipartisan fashion.

[SharonAnn]

21. Easier to break vote secrecy. They can open "to verify" and know who you voted for.

That’s the real purpose.

[Lovie777]

3. UGH...................

the constant ways to fuck with voters is pissing them off.

Vote Republicans out across board.

DAMN.

[pat_k]

4. The illegal executive order that mandates coordination with SSA is a...

... guaranteed way to suppress the votes of younger more mobile people in favor of those collecting social security (for which SSA is more likely to have accurate information).

The judge that failed to block so a blatant voter suppression tactic right out of the gate is either an idiot or corrupt.

[reACTIONary]

17. He may be both, but his excuse was....

.... that there was not yet any substantive action to implement the executive order. This may provide a basis to get that determination overturned.

[live love laugh]

5. Illegal. Period.

[Karasu]

6. No. There is only one reason why this regime wants to do this shit when no one else has tried or even cared to.

[idahoblue]

7. They know how many are mailed

They know how many are returned and who did not return their ballot. There is no purpose except to increase the cost of voting and to add another layer of bullshit.

[usonian]

8. That would the ENTIRE GOLDEN STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Pardon the all-caps.

We do have a nice home for him.

GREAT VIEWS



AND!!! Fabulous protection from assault by LIBS.
Safe and secure from them, protected by iron bars.



His entire family can join him there.

But if he wants a golf course, he'll have to pay for it on his own nickel (or $250 bill)

[Retrograde]

14. just everyone over 18 and a citizen

Which is still ~30 million people, give or take afre million. California, like the other West Coast states, mails ballots to all registered voters, and people can still register at the voting centers on election day

[in2herbs]

9. Doesn't this run contrary to its consitutional definition of a postal service, namely providing roads to

accomplish delivery, and if so, wouldn't this "inclusion" require Congressional approval for the USPS to be involved in directing mailing rather than simply a delivery service????? nt

[2na fisherman]

10. Partisan Postal Service?

What if they flagged all mail-in ballots by those voters on lists as registered Democrats? Trump's lackeys in charge of the Post Office would become the sole arbiters of which ballots are referred for "further investigation." This would easily be done to tip the scales in favor of Republicans. This proposal paves the way for institutionalized voter disenfranchisement with little accountability. I don't think the Postal Service has a legal right to police elections in this manner.

[KT2000]

11. State election officials

know who they send the ballots to and that is enough.

They want a back door for federal interference in elections.

[FakeNoose]

12. Each precinct, city, county and state have different ballots, that are all printed and mailed locally

How could the federal government get the correct ballots mailed to the correct voters?

IT CAN'T and it won't. The entire idea is a disaster and it cannot be allowed. It can't even be attempted.

I know my Governor Josh Shapiro will fight this to the end. I'm sure every other sensible, intelligent Governor (D and R) will do the same.

[littlemissmartypants]

13. Why don't we just get chips implanted in our foreheads?

Or QR Code tattoos?

Then, we can be scanned every time we vote.

The federal government doesn't run elections. As much as the regime's lackeys would like them to.

FDT

[summer_in_TX]

15. Requiring states to submit lists of mail-in voters is not part of the mission of the USPS.

The Postal Service’s mission is to provide the nation with reliable, affordable, universal mail service. The basic functions of the Postal Service were established in 39 U.S.C. § 101(a): “The Postal Service shall have as its basic function the obligation to provide postal services to bind the Nation together through the personal, educational, literary, and business correspondence of the people. It shall provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas and shall render postal services to all communities.”

The only thing I can find that might be twisted to make the argument that states must submit lists of mail-in voters to the USPS is this analysis:

The postal powers of Congress embrace all measures necessary to insure the safe and speedy transit and prompt delivery of the mails.4 And not only are the mails under the protection of the National Government, they are in contemplation of law its property.

[summer_in_TX]

16. This proposed rule won't be published officially until Monday. So far it doesn't show a docket number.

So we cannot comment until then.

[Figarosmom]

18. Why?

The reason given is not valid. It's not their job.

[Bengus81]

19. A bar code tied to your name? WTF??

[Gum Logger]

20. Nothin new

A solution in search of a problem