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Protect our elections: Vote NO on Trump’s USPS nominees!
Trump is quietly pushing through nominations for an unfamiliar, yet powerful position—the United States Postal Service (USPS) Board of Governors.
Just weeks before signing an executive order directing the USPS to determine who can vote by mail, he nominated four Republicans to fill vacancies on the board—breaking a longstanding tradition of bipartisan nominations. And the Senate could vote on them as soon as September.
The Board of Governors acts just like a board for a private company—overseeing the strategic direction and long-term goals of the USPS. Our postal service has a mandate to provide universal service to all people and plays a critical role in delivering ballots to Americans across the country. All things Trump wants to undermine with his nominations.
Of Trump’s 4 nominations to the board, 3 have expressed doubts about the results of the 2020 elections.
Trump is trying to weaponize the USPS in his attempt to control the outcome of this election to maintain power. Tell the Senate to say NO to his nominations and protect our freedom to vote.
Why is this important?
This latest power grab, which would entirely reshape the leadership of the Postal Service, is part of a broader strategy of this administration to upend our elections to control the outcome.
Trump is directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to build a nationalized list of citizenships and require the USPS to direct states to abide by certain mail-ballot design and tracking requirements.
That means USPS would be managing a list of “eligible voters” and mandate that postal workers can only deliver ballots to people on that list. These lists run a real risk of purging eligible voters from receiving ballots, with states warning that they will not be accurate.
Under Trump, USPS has finalized a rule to refuse to deliver vote-by-mail ballots in states that do not turn over voter rolls to the DHS.
They are sowing doubt and confusion in our election system to lay the foundation to contest this election if things don’t go their way.
This is election denialism in action—and it has to stop. Tell the U.S. Senate to block Trump’s attempts to control our elections. Sign the petition now!