USPS Delays Are Driving Up Ballot Rejections — ProPublica

Rural Cuts: Delays resulting from the U.S. Postal Service’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots cast in rural areas, a ProPublica analysis found. 

Rejected Ballots: The rates of ballots rejected for arriving late this year doubled or tripled in areas affected by the cuts compared to the 2022 primary. That wasn’t the case elsewhere. 

Extraordinary Measures: Postal Service leaders say special procedures in place for the Nov. 3 election should prevent similar delays, but experts warn that mistakes are likely...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-ballot-delays-postal-service-midterms 

Michigan AG speaks: State Attorneys General Have Already Found STOLEN Ballots!

Popok is joined by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel at the 2026 Democratic Attorneys General Association Conference in Detroit to discuss reports of stolen ballots and the growing fight over election security. AG Nessel breaks down what state attorneys general are uncovering and what it could mean for voters. Popok reports on the latest developments and the legal battles ahead.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAbQXEHzwTo

 

Ballots discounted for late postmarks surged in Washington and Oregon after Postal Service changes | PBS News

The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon, according to newly released data highlighting concerns about recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations ahead of this fall's pivotal midterm election...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ballots-discounted-for-late-postmarks-surged-in-washington-and-oregon-after-postal-service-changes

 

‘Not feasible’: With ballots already in the mail, election officials say it is too late for Trump’s USPS order - POLITICO

“Why the hell are you rocking the boat this late in the game?” said Stephen Richer, a former Republican recorder of Maricopa County, Arizona, who has clashed with Trump allies for defending the security of the 2020 election... 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/04/trump-mail-ballots-order-november-elections-01065234 

 

Whistleblower warns about USPS plan for Trump mail voting order : NPR

"USPS leadership, it appears, has discarded all best practices as they speed the project to be ready for a September 1 implementation — raising questions about whether catastrophic failure would be a feature rather than a bug," said the disclosure, prepared by Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit organization representing the anonymous federal government official with direct knowledge of the Postal Service's development of the new system... 

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/01/nx-s1-5950869/trump-mail-in-voting-usps 

 

Arizona AG on mail-in ballot rule: "Over my dead body"

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ClJHY1FXTp0

 

Judge blocks Trump’s order aimed at using USPS to restrict mail-in voting

Ruling expands on earlier order that prevented implementation in 23 mostly Democratic-led states…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/judge-blocks-trump-mail-in-voting-usps

 

Appeals court rejects Trump bid to curb mail-in voting in 23 states

But Talwani, in siding with a coalition of 23 states and ​the District of Columbia that was led ‌by California, Massachusetts, Nevada and ​Washington state, said the president lacked ​any authority to direct DHS to compile voter eligibility lists for each state to use and that USPS had no statutory authorization to adopt any binding regulations on mail-in voting. 

The judge, who was appointed by Barack Obama, said Trump also could not attempt through his order “to intimidate local election officials to use the necessarily incomplete confirmed citizenship lists as a resource, lest they face criminal prosecution”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/court-rejects-trump-mail-in-voting

 

Rep. Raskin will force GOP to take a stand against Trump’s ‘MAGA millionaire slush fund

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dr7qZ2g9f8

Judge blocks Trump order demanding Postal Service restrict mail voting - POLITICO

The agency, charged with delivering parcels to every address in the nation, neither possesses the constitutional authority to administer elections — a responsibility delegated to the states — nor has it been granted power by Congress to create binding regulations on voting by mail, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani stated in the decision...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/25/trump-executive-order-mail-voting-blocked-00975844

Rep. Stevens, Congressional Dems fight plans to allow mailing of handguns

That practice had already been illegal for nearly a century. But the U.S. Department of Justice found the old law to be unconstitutional in an opinion released earlier this year. 

U.S. Representative Haley Stevens (D, MI-11) sponsors the bill to bring back the ban. She said the law isn’t something the executive branch can just get rid of...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-05-22/rep-stevens-congressional-dems-fight-plans-to-allow-mailing-of-handguns