Postmaster general's remarks on mail ballots stoke fears among voting rights advocates

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But perhaps the most important of this week’s pro-voting rulings came Thursday, when, as Jacob Knutson reported, a judge blocked the government from implementing Trump’s March executive order that aimed to crack down on mail voting.

The decision could hardly have been more timely — it came just a day after the Postmaster General alarmingly told lawmakers that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) wouldn’t deliver mail ballots in states that don’t first submit a list of would-be mail voters to be checked against government records, as Trump’s order envisions. One USPS advocate told Jacob that the plan, by turning the nonpartisan agency into a political tool of the administration, “will destroy the Postal Service.”

Indeed, Jim explained why, despite Thursday’s crucial ruling, voting rights advocates — aware of this administration’s record of finding ways around, or flat-out ignoring, court orders — aren’t declaring victory just yet.

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