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Homeland Security Retreats on Plan to Get Data on Mail-in Voters
Justice Department lawyers say the plan remains preliminary and depends on a new Postal Service rule and privacy review.
- On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security walked back a plan to share mail-voter data with the U.S. Postal Service , according to a Justice Department court filing that reversed its earlier position.
- President Donald Trump's March 31 executive order directs DHS to compile lists of voting-age citizens over 18 and requires states to submit potential mail-voter lists to USPS if they wish to deliver ballots.
- Eight states, including California, Oregon, and Washington, utilize all-mail elections; the DOJ has filed more than 30 lawsuits seeking to force states to provide voter information, though none have succeeded.
- David Becker, a former DOJ Voting Rights Section attorney, alleged the government is trying to "run the clock out" in legal challenges, while Michael McNulty of Issue One suggested downplaying the rule might shield the administration.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin approved a phased plan for a public portal to update citizenship records, with implementation contingent upon finalizing USPS rulemaking and completing legal and technical groundwork.
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Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots.
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Essentially zero. Let’s discuss why. Trump’s Second Executive Order On March 31, the White House reported that Trump issued a second executive order on elections, giving U.S. Postal Service unprecedented control over mail voting. The executive order is labeled ENSURING CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION AND INTEGRITY IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS The order mandates states to send the U.S. Postal Service a list of voters “to whom the State intends to provide a mail…
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