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Swede

(39,971 posts) Mon May 11, 2026, 12:47 PM 2 hrs ago

Just saw on CNN that Trump is ordering the post office to screen voters.

The post office is already at its wits end and numbnuts adds this to its "to do" list.

https://thefulcrum.us/elections/trump-even-wants-the-postal-service-to-help-erode-democracy

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Just saw on CNN that Trump is ordering the post office to screen voters. (Original Post) Swede 2 hrs ago OP

Further proof that he's nuts WestMichRad 2 hrs ago #1

Usps is virtually an independent branch of government/ private company SSJVegeta 1 hr ago #2

He issued that "executive order" several weeks ago. My understanding is the USPS has no intention hlthe2b 1 hr ago #3

This was written into laws in several states in the past year lostnfound 19 min ago #4

WestMichRad

(3,371 posts)

1. Further proof that he's nuts

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 12:51 PM

2 hrs ago

(as if we needed any further proof).

USPS has nothing to do with voting, other than that they deliver mail (which sometimes includes absentee ballots). But y’all know that. He apparently doesn’t.

SSJVegeta

(3,043 posts)

2. Usps is virtually an independent branch of government/ private company

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 01:02 PM

1 hr ago

He cant order it to do anything outside of pressuring the people who do run it...

hlthe2b

(114,530 posts)

3. He issued that "executive order" several weeks ago. My understanding is the USPS has no intention

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 01:10 PM

1 hr ago

of doing squat about it. They don't answer to him-- at least they are not part of his executive branch, but an independent agency set forth under the constitution. Partially privatized now, which is a major issue, but still. I don't see the courts honoring his "ORDER." Not to mention that multiple AGs from Blue states with drop-off or all mail voting have already filed suit.

lostnfound

(17,616 posts)

4. This was written into laws in several states in the past year

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 02:39 PM

19 min ago

Just read Kentucky’s new law HB139. First paragraph:

Section 1. KRS 116.112 is amended to read as follows:
The State Board of Elections shall establish a voter registration purge program
using the change-of-address information supplied by the United States Postal
Service through its licensees or other sources to identify voters whose addresses
may have changed. The State Board of Elections is authorized to enter into
agreements with other governmental agencies to further voter list maintenance
practices. Intergovernmental agreements for the exchanging of any data shall be
permitted if the[ sole] purpose of exchanging data is to remove ineligible voters.
The data shall not be subject to any commercial use, directly or indirectly, or third-
party access to the voter registration system.
(a) If it appears from information provided by the postal service or other sources
that a voter has moved to a different address in the same county in which the
voter is currently registered, the State Board of Elections shall provide to the
county board of elections the information necessary to change the registration
records to show the new address and the State Board of Elections shall send to
the new address a notice of the change by forwardable mail on a form
prescribed by the State Board of Elections and a postage prepaid, pre-
addressed return form by which the voter may verify or correct the address
information.

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