Postal Service Modernizes Elections By Not Delivering Ballots

The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a historic modernization Friday, replacing the antiquated practice of delivering election mail with a federal scavenger hunt in which voters, states, databases and federal judges must locate democracy before Election Day. Under the proposed rule, states would provide voter information to federal agencies and adopt new ballot procedures before certain envelopes could complete the perilous journey from a mailbox to another mailbox. States that fail to satisfy the requirements could see ballots withheld, finally freeing postal workers from the obsolete assumption that properly addressed mail bearing valid postage should be delivered.

President Donald Trump praised the reform as a powerful defense of voting rights through strategic vote prevention. “Nobody respects court orders more than me, and that’s why we’re improving the Post Office by making sure it doesn’t do the one thing people expect it to do,” Trump said. Federal injunctions have blocked implementation, but the Postal Service continued preparing the machinery in advance, demonstrating its celebrated ability to move rapidly whenever instructed to remain still. Postmaster General David Steiner’s agency said the restrictions could take effect if judges reverse course, reassuring Americans that their ballots will remain secure unless the courts stop stopping the government.

Voters may continue casting ballots by mail, provided their states upload the correct records, federal databases agree, envelope specifications satisfy Washington, litigation concludes on schedule and the Postal Service receives adequate emotional reassurance from every county clerk. Election officials also welcomed the administrative clarity of learning that ballots prepared months in advance may be governed by procedures published after preparation began. The streamlined arrangement replaces the cumbersome two-step process of voting and counting with a more secure sequence involving registration lists, agency approvals, database matches, courtroom appeals and the possibility that an envelope simply stays put. America has therefore secured its elections by making certain that every eligible vote is protected from the dangerous possibility of being delivered.

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