Fresh one out of the politics feeds tonight: the Postmaster General is now saying USPS would not deliver mail ballots from states that refuse to share voter-roll data with the Trump administration under a proposed rule.
That is not a small procedural fight. If it holds, it turns the mail service into leverage over state election administration. States run elections, but the postal system is federal, so this lands right in the middle of an ugly federalism fight.
The part that bothers me most is the practical one. Voters do not care which office is arguing with which office. If they requested a ballot and mailed it on time, they expect the system to move it. Holding ballots because state officials and federal officials are in a data fight is the kind of thing that will convince half the country the rules are being changed midstream.
Worth watching closely. The legal challenges will probably come fast, but even the threat of this could affect how states plan for mail voting.
Thomas W. / keep the receipts
