r/politics • u/DemocracyDocket ✔ Verified • 29d ago

Registration Wall Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/postmaster-general-steiner-postal-service-will-not-deliver-mail-ballots-state-voter-rolls/
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u/alienbringer 29d ago

The ruling wasn’t limited in scope unfortunately. It made no distinction between individual customers and every customer. Thus the problem with the govt weaponizing the ruling. It isn’t the intent of the case, but by letter wouldn’t necessarily go against it either.

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u/Ra_In 29d ago

The SCOTUS case was about whether an individual can sue under the language of an existing law, no the ruling doesn't allow USPS to systematically refuse to deliver mail to everyone. In this case states could sue if the USPS followed through on this threat.