US Postal Service Sued for Advancing Trump's 'Disgraceful' Assault on Mail-In Voters

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US Postal Service Sued for Advancing Trump’s ‘Disgraceful’ Assault on Mail-In Voters

“That this administration would direct USPS to adopt measures to impede voters from casting their ballots is shameful.”

JAKE JOHNSON
Jun 04, 2026
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A leading civil rights organization on Wednesday accused the US Postal Service of unlawful complicity in President Donald Trump’s assault on mail-in voting, which he launched in late March with an alarming executive order that is facing its own legal challenges.

With a new legal motion filed in a federal court in Washington, DC, the NAACP is challenging rules the Postal Service unveiled last week that would require states to notify USPS “of the individuals to whom they are mailing a mail-in or absentee ballot.” The rules would also “identify new standards for the envelope design and review for outbound and return ballot envelopes.”

The NAACP’s filing—which reignites a pandemic-era legal fight—warns that under the proposed rule, “USPS would refuse to transmit mail-in ballots in states that did not use specific envelopes with specific codes, and would refuse to deliver ballots for voters not included on a state-specific Mail-In and Absentee Participation List.”

That would violate a previous USPS agreement, reached in 2021, to prioritize “timely delivery of election mail” and run afoul of federal law, the motion argues, calling for a swift injunction to stop the Postal Service from implementing the rules.

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