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USPS makes new rules for mail-in ballots
ABC News ^ | 08/23/2026 | Nathan Lee

Posted on 08/23/2026 12:25:00 PM PDT by DFG

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has released a new rule adding verification requirements to all mail-in ballots.

These changes will not go into effect until the court lifts its current injunction. The mail service said the changes would occur immediately if given the go-ahead.

Under the proposed change, states would be required to collect and report basic voter information, like a voter's name and home address, attached to a unique barcode on every mail-in ballot distributed.

State election authorities would then be required to input this information into a "federal ballot mail portal" before the ballot is accepted into the mail stream.

The USPS said it would not deliver ballots to any state not in compliance with these changes.

The move comes after months of attempts by the administration to collect voter information in the name of election integrity. Some experts are concerned that consolidation of that information into federal hands undermines the Constitution's system of state-run elections.

"If the administration can determine who is American enough to register to vote, who can prove it sufficiently, then they would have a lot of power to shape the electorate," said Jonathan Diaz, director of voting advocacy for the bipartisan nonprofit Campaign Legal Center.

The new requirements fall short of demands from President Donald Trump, whose March executive order on mail-in ballots would have established statewide voter citizenship lists from Social Security or immigration databases, established uniform ballots, and had the USPS "coordinate with the USPS Office of Inspector General and the Department of Justice for investigation of suspected unlawful use of the mail involving Federal election materials."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chainofcustody; evidence; mailinballots; postoffice; validation; verification

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1 posted on 08/23/2026 12:25:00 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

The Judgies need a swift kick in the arse and advised to lift this injunction.


2 posted on 08/23/2026 12:27:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Socialism is the same clown show that gave us out of control global illegal immigration.)
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To: DFG

Shut down the Post Office. It does nothing, anyway and functions at the control of the Executive. States are “punting” to have the Post Office run their elections.


3 posted on 08/23/2026 12:36:14 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: DFG

“Judges?? We don’t need no stinkin’ Judges!”

Since when has a democRAT/DemoKKKrat cared about what any Judge has ruled?

Rules, regulations, laws and statutes are for “others.”


4 posted on 08/23/2026 12:44:22 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

No, the judges need to be reminded not to intervene in the Executive Branch and to go to hell.


5 posted on 08/23/2026 12:44:38 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Shut down the Post Office. It does nothing, anyway and functions at the control of the Executive.


The Post Office Department (yes, it used to be a Cabinet office) used to be one of the plumbs a President got when elected. He had the power to appoint every Post Master in the country. Naturally, he didn’t appoint most himself, but gave that power to political allies in every state. Virtually every town had a Post Master, and getting appointed meant you got to earn a decent salary for very little work.


6 posted on 08/23/2026 12:45:45 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: DFG

If this hold it will be the knock out punch we need to save ourselves from thw New Axis of Evil Democrats communinists and Muslims who all hate God America us and REALITY. If this holds Surrender Monkeys can go fishing until after Election Day or pick up a new hobby besides trying to tamp down Republican enthusiasm.
Oh and remember Trump’s war chest is sitting at 900 million now with a long way to go.


7 posted on 08/23/2026 12:46:15 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

NEWMAN!


8 posted on 08/23/2026 12:53:19 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Shut down the Post Office. It does nothing, anyway and functions at the control of the Executive. States are β€œpunting” to have the Post Office run their elections.

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Nope. Keep it.

I’ve had to deal with foreign post offices. Sometimes NOT fun.

Yeah we have problems but we have it pretty good.


9 posted on 08/23/2026 1:00:36 PM PDT by dagunk
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To: FlingWingFlyer
We cannot forget Wanda, The Ballot-Stuffer from Bridgeport CT

She has become emblematic of the Dems tricky road to electoral victory.


10 posted on 08/23/2026 1:02:59 PM PDT by henbane (✧ π•π”Έβ„•π•Œπ”Έβ„π• 𝟚𝟘 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝--𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 π•„π”Έπ”Ύβ„•π•€π”½π•€β„‚π•Œπ•Š ✧)
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To: DFG

the judge needs to be replaced, an injunction against lawful federal elections is unconscionable partisanship on the bench
and interference with the validity of the election process


11 posted on 08/23/2026 1:07:32 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: DFG
Thank you for referencing that article DFG.

The mail service said the changes would occur immediately if given the go-ahead.


The Sovereignty Clause has already decided the US Postal mail-in ballot policy in Trump's favor imo.

How can judges reject the policy without violating their oaths to protect and defend the Constitution?

12 posted on 08/23/2026 1:09:21 PM PDT by Amendment10
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β€œ bipartisan nonprofit ”

Sure.


13 posted on 08/23/2026 1:09:30 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
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To: DFG

It does not have a snowball’s chance of surviving in court. This is big overreach into what is a state’s purview.


14 posted on 08/23/2026 1:16:54 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

It does plenty. (Some questionable, I admit) Not only that it is established via the Constitution.


15 posted on 08/23/2026 1:17:49 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: Amendment10
How can judges reject the policy without violating their oaths to protect and defend the Constitution?

I assume that was a rhetorical question.

They do it all the time.

16 posted on 08/23/2026 1:19:32 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

These changes will not go into effect until the court lifts its current injunction.”

That’s what matters. The mail in is a dream come true for the rats. it was β€œtemporary” because of covid and now we stuck with it and it is a license to steal.


17 posted on 08/23/2026 1:24:56 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: DFG

Where I live in the suburbs north of Philadelphia, the postal workers all look like filthy cheating Democrats.


18 posted on 08/23/2026 1:27:15 PM PDT by enumerated (81 million votes my ass )
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To: lastchance

Not to run state elections!

Disable this Federal function.


19 posted on 08/23/2026 1:29:28 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

RURAL RESIDENTS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT


20 posted on 08/23/2026 1:31:12 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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