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Postmaster General Says USPS Would Require States to Share Absentee Voter Lists to Mail Ballots
U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner testified June 24 that the Postal Service would skip mailing ballots if a state withholds its absentee voter list. The proposed rule would require states to share voter names and barcodes for tracking.
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U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 24 that the Postal Service would not mail ballots for any state that declines to provide its absentee voter list under a proposed regulation. Steiner answered a direct question from committee members by saying the rule would bar delivery in such cases.
He added that the measure would allow the agency to match ballots a state intends to send with those actually mailed. The proposed rule requires states to notify the Postal Service of individuals receiving mail-in or absentee ballots and to apply unique barcodes to outbound and return envelopes.
Those details would appear on a Mail-In and Absentee Participation List. States could update the list until the final day ballots may be mailed under state law. The Postal Service would then issue each state's chief election official a final State-Specific Mail-In and Absentee Participation List containing the names and barcodes.
Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan serves as the committee's ranking member.
