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The U.S. Postal Service may not deliver mail-in ballots to states that refuse to release detailed voter lists to the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>

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According to\u00a0Reuters<\/u>, U.S. Postmaster \u200cGeneral David Steiner confirmed the proposal at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing last week.\u00a0<\/p>

New mail ballot policy<\/h2>
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What we know:<\/p>

The proposal would require states to release to the Postal Service the names and barcodes tied to their mail-in \u200bballots for federal elections, according to\u00a0Reuters<\/u>. It would also require states to provide unique barcodes on the outbound and return ballot envelopes.\u00a0<\/p>

At the Senate hearing last week, Steiner said USPS won\u2019t deliver ballots to states that don\u2019t comply with President Donald Trump\u2019s new election rules.\u00a0<\/p>

What they’re saying:<\/p>

The Postal Service said the new rules “will help determine adherence to federal law and facilitate \u200claw \u2060enforcement efforts.”<\/p>

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FILE: A U.S. Post Office truck sits parked in a suburban neighborhood February 10, 2022 in NORTH HALEDON, NJ. (Photo by Michael Bocchieri\/Getty Images)<\/span> <\/p>

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Steiner maintains the \u200bplan would be more efficient and similar to what many states are already doing. He said it\u2019s simply a way to make sure “we match the ballots that a state believes they’re sending out to what actually gets sent out.”<\/p>

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Dig deeper:<\/p>

The proposal is tied to an executive order Trump issued in March that sought to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot. Trump has long been a vocal critic of mail-in voting. He has repeatedly said it\u2019s more vulnerable to fraud, though he hasn\u2019t provided evidence to support those claims.\u00a0<\/p>

Pushback on Trump\u2019s election rules<\/h2>

What we don’t know:<\/p>

It\u2019s unclear if the Postal Service will be able to legally withhold mail-in ballots from states that don\u2019t comply. A judge on Thursday halted the March executive order on mail-in ballots, agreeing with a coalition of nearly two dozen states that argued Trump\u2019s order should be found unconstitutional because the states and Congress, not the president, have the power to set election rules.\u00a0<\/p>

The other side:<\/p>

In her ruling, the judge said the provisions of Trump\u2019s order seeking to create a federal list of eligible voters and using the U.S. Postal Service to determine who can receive a mail ballot are “legally void” because they “unconstitutionally violate the separation of powers.”<\/p>

“The proposed rule basically \u200bcoerces states to conform to these new requirements and hand over their absentee \u200bvoter rolls, or face the consequences of not being able to vote \u2060by mail,” Sen. Gary Peters, the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said, per Reuters. “That’s unacceptable.”<\/p>

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