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21. States that resist are threatened by the US Postal Service -- won't deliver ballots if they don't comply
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 09:37 AM
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https://www.governing.com/politics/states-brace-for-new-federal-limits-on-mail-voting

One portion of the order demands the postmaster general enact new restrictions on mailed ballots and not transmit ballots from states that refuse to provide the names of absentee voters. The U.S. Postal Service, despite its status as an independent corporation, has put forward a proposal in line with the order to require states to submit lists of voters before mailing ballots.

Now, Homeland Security is responding to another part of the order that requires the creation of lists of voting-age citizens in every state, which the Trump administration calls “state citizenship lists.” State election officials would receive the lists, which they could compare to their voter rolls in a search for noncitizen voters.

Homeland Security’s plans for the citizenship lists came into focus on June 5, when the U.S. Department of Justice filed a notice in federal court that briefly outlines the administration’s plans. The notice describes a two-part effort by Homeland Security and its subsidiary agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, to comply with the order.

First, Homeland Security will implement a “State Voter Roll Verification” that allows state election officials to submit their voter rolls to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, system.

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This is UnAmerican, trying to stop votes Farmer-Rick Tuesday #17
there are a bunch of MAGAts who are asleep in the sense that they believed Dump's lies and all the propaganda LymphocyteLover Tuesday #4
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shut down how? The 1st amendment is pretty powerful, for better or in this case, worse LymphocyteLover Tuesday #26
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States that resist are threatened by the US Postal Service -- won't deliver ballots if they don't comply lostnfound Tuesday #21
The only thing that matters to most people... Happy Hoosier Tuesday #14
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