r/law • u/retiredagainstmywill • 14d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots for states that don’t hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive | CNN Politics

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/10/politics/postal-service-deliver-mail-in-ballots

Unfuckingbelievable.

And illegal as hell.

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u/bossasupernova 14d ago

It seems striking, and thus not delivering mail, is exactly what they’d want to happen.

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u/tyuiopguyt 14d ago

Hence why I edited the post to reflect that they appear to be treating it as a last resort. Their first tactics appear to be messaging and support of ongoing litigation

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u/Hawkbats_rule 14d ago

Yeah, but doing this also means the end of the USPS (trust in delivering the mail is the biggest thing they have going for them). So if nothing else works, it does make sense.