US Postal Service urged by Democratic governors to scrap Trump voter rule

A coalition of nine Democratic governors—including the leaders of California, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin—sent a six‑page letter to the U.S. Postal Service asking it to withdraw a proposed rule that would implement former President Donald Trump’s March executive order creating a federal “citizenship list” and limiting mailed ballots to voters on that list.

The Postal Service filed the rule in late May, but a federal judge has already blocked the executive order, ruling it unconstitutional because election rules are the domain of states and Congress. Governors argue the rule would "undermine trust in elections, needlessly complicate voting processes, arbitrarily disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, and undermine states' constitutional role in ensuring free and fair elections." They also warn it would give the agency unilateral power to refuse ballot delivery if a state does not cooperate.

The agency has not responded to comment. The proposal has faced opposition from the American Postal Workers union, whose president says postal workers are not tasked with verifying voter eligibility. This is the second Trump‑signed election‑oversight order; the first, requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote, was also blocked by the courts.