A county elections supervisor in the state said the Postal Service initially rejected the ballots envelope he was planning to use over a 0.014-inch discrepancy.
Our politics reporter Reid Epstein explains how the Trump administration is using the Postal Service to intervene in mail-in voting in state elections.
By Matthew G. Andersson The US Postal Service has become the DNC’s fail-safe mechanism for election tampering.
As the Trump administration takes aim at mail-in voting, a new audit finds that during this year's primary elections the Post Office failed to properly handle some ballots. ProPublica Reporter Jen Fifield shares more details on the report and joins Ali Vitali, along with Fordham University Professor Christina Greer, to discuss more.
Separate challenges in Massachusetts and the D.C. area have seen stays imposed, lifted, and reimposed, complicating the Postal Service's rollout of the order.
The findings come as the Supreme Court considers whether to allow the Postal Service to follow new rules set forth in President Donald Trump's executive order that requires states to provide the USPS with their voter rolls so the USPS can verify if the ballots are being sent to those who are eligible to vote.
American Postal Workers Union President Jonathan Smith calls out the hypocrisy of President Trump attacking mail-in ballots while using them personally. Smith defended the "integrity" of postal workers who he says have protected the “sacred” right to vote for more than 250 years, telling Erin Burnett, "we take pride in our democratic responsibility."
The Supreme Court has given opponents until 4pm ET today to respond to President Trump's executive order limiting mail-in voting. President of American Postal Workers Union Jonathan Smith joins Peter Alexander to weigh in.
The Trump administration on Sunday again asked the Supreme Court to allow it to restrict mail-in voting this election cycle. In a 40-page emergency application, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to immediately permit the administration to bar the U.S. Postal Service from sending mail-in ballots to residents of states that have not submitted a list of eligible voters based on citizenship data. Watch the full episode here: https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-gavel/the-gavel-live-briefing/6079594-missouri-redistricting-case-chaos-midterms-live-discussion/ #hillinsider #trump #ballot #mailinvoting #election