Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and about two-dozen other state attorneys general are suing the U.S. Postal Service over new rules regarding mail-in ballots.
The coalition says the rules could cause confusion and prevent some eligible voters from receiving their ballots.
“For a President who incessantly talks about combatting election interference, he sure does love to interfere in our elections,” said Attorney General Neronha. “Time and time again, President Trump has lied to the American people about the legitimacy of our election system. Here, he is taking aim at voting by mail to sow seeds of distrust and inject chaos into our elections with the ultimate goal of retaining and expanding his power. This is yet another example of this Administration’s unlawful overreach and is in direct violation of the Constitution, which makes clear that states have the primary authority to administer elections. Voting by mail is a tried-and-true method of exercising our most fundamental right as American citizens. Indeed, it’s the preferred voting method of the President himself. I am confident that we will succeed here, as we have many times before, thereby protecting the right of American citizens, Donald Trump included, to vote without interference.”
They're asking a federal court to block the rules before they take effect.
“Mail-in voting is safe, secure, and relied on by millions of voters, including the President himself. States have the constitutional authority to administer elections, not the President or the Postal Service. We’re asking the court to immediately block this unlawful rule and protect the integrity of mail-in voting and the more than one million eligible Massachusetts voters who rely on this system,” said AG Campbell.
More than one-million Massachusetts voters relied on mail voting in the last presidential election.
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