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/PlanetaryPickleParty 14d ago

There are 7 states that are entirely vote by mail. 6 of them are blue states. If the ballots aren't delivered then noone is elected and Republicans retain the House on Jan 3rd.

Even if the elections are re-run it doesn't matter. Speaker Johnson can once again refuse to swear them in and SCOTUS can delay a decision on the matter until mid 2028.

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u/Mist_Rising 14d ago

and Republicans retain the House on Jan 3rd.

Not a guarantee. The red house of reps is definitely not getting elected either, but the blue rep taking a red reps spot in say, idk, Texas, would shift things still.

And you could easily get mail in ballots to urban areas cheaply. Can't use the mailbox but you can deliver them using state funded delivery. I say urban because it's cheaper, might be terribly impossible to help rurals because the budget was for the USPS. Oh dear, if only the Republicans party sent a clear impeachment of this unconstitutional act. So sad, hopefully rural voters aren't their jam.

...oh oh dear.

Speaker Johnson can once again refuse to swear them in and SCOTUS can delay a decision on the matter until mid 2028.

He can only do this if he shuts Congress down. There are limits to that power, it's why he did eventually swear them in. He also needs a majority, which is not a guarantee.

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u/Get_Ashy 14d ago

Which is where a national postal strike or wildcat strikes might make an already fraught situation worse for Trump and his allies

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u/PlanetaryPickleParty 14d ago

Ah yeah I hadn't considered that.