USPS Ballot Deliveries Could Stall If States Refuse Voter-File Demands, Triggering Backlash

TL;DR
At a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, Postmaster General David Steiner said USPS would not deliver mail-in ballots in states that refuse to hand over their absentee voter lists to the Trump administration, a stance criticized as coercive by Democrats like Sen. Gary Peters and prompting calls for litigation and state challenges over voting access and election integrity.
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