* Today…
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Postmaster General David Steiner told senators that, under a new proposed rule, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration.
“Under our proposed regulation, no,” Steiner said during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday after being asked whether USPS would refuse to deliver election mail if states refuse to divulge their voter lists.
“We would tell the state that we need the manifest,” Steiner added.
* Isabel asked Gov. Pritzker about this today…
Isabel: Postmaster General Steiner testified to a US Senate committee today that the Postal Service will not mail ballots if a state refuses to turn their absentee voter lists over to the federal government. And does Illinois have a backup plan if this happens?
Pritzker: Well, we’ll see them in court.
Isabel: And any thoughts related to that?
Pritzker: You know, this is, over and over again, the attacks from this administration on our states. These are illegal attacks, and you know we’re, thank goodness we have a great attorney general in the state of Illinois. Thank goodness that we have leadership in the state of Illinois that believes that we need to be protecting people’s voting rights, which is not something that the federal administration today is doing. So that’s all I can say about it. We’re going to fight like hell to protect your right to vote.
You’ll recall that AG Kwame Raoul’s budget was cut by $10 million this spring.
- Norseman - Wednesday, Jun 24, 26 @ 1:25 pm:
I was wondering about that $10 million. But then again, I’m not looking at the lines reduced. In any event, it’s a must sue situation. Hopefully, the legal eagles are getting the paperwork started as we write.
- Steve - Wednesday, Jun 24, 26 @ 1:36 pm:
I’m surprised this subject hasn’t come up a long time ago for the GOP. USPS doesn’t deliver certain items. The easiest way to end mail in voting is to get USPS out of that business.
- Bored Chairman - Wednesday, Jun 24, 26 @ 1:46 pm:
==You’ll recall that AG Kwame Raoul’s budget was cut by $10 million this spring.==
And?
His current budget is $186 million. If the AG can’t figure out what his priorities are, then maybe someone else can do the job instead.
- Stephenson County - Wednesday, Jun 24, 26 @ 1:47 pm:
Ironic that the Party that started mail in voting to help re-elect Lincoln, now wants to end it.
- King Louis XVI - Wednesday, Jun 24, 26 @ 1:54 pm:
–AG Kwame Raoul’s budget was cut by $10 million this spring.–
Just another Pritzker blowhard moment boasting at a podium about his progressive positions while his staff and agencies do the opposite.
- Rich Miller - Wednesday, Jun 24, 26 @ 1:55 pm:
=== If the AG can’t figure out what his priorities are===
Um, many of them are in statutes.
Also, cutting the AG’s budget and then publicly counting on him to do the work to protect voting rights is the point of that remark by me.
- Archpundit - Wednesday, Jun 24, 26 @ 2:03 pm:
===The easiest way to end mail in voting is to get USPS out of that business
Why would we want to do that? There is no evidence that VBM, or any other form of voting has anything but miniscule fraud.
What is the purpose of making voting less accessible if there is no evidence of fraud?
- Norseman - Wednesday, Jun 24, 26 @ 2:23 pm:
Evidence, MAGA needs no evidence. They’re creating pretext for suppressing and subverting Dem votes.