USPS debuts election website and plans to send letters to ‘every American’ amid vote-by-post furor

Also on Friday, USPS is launching a new election website with information for voters and election officials on how to vote well this fall. It is expected that a record number of Americans will use postal voting because of the coronavirus pandemic, due to fears of contracting the virus at polling stations.

Democrats have accused DeJoy of politicizing the Postal Service by initiating changes that could affect election post. He reversed many of these changes, and he tried to reassure senators that he did not take orders from President Donald Trump, who sees post-voting as a political threat.

DeJoy also broke with Trump by giving a full statement to mail-in-vote at the House of Representatives hearing on Friday. He said, “The American public needs to be able to vote by mail,” and that he is “highly confident” that mail-in voting systems will work well. Trump has spent the past several months spreading misinformation about voting via mail-in, calling it “rigged” because of “massive fraud.”

Regarding the informative mailers that DeJoy says will be sent next month, election laws vary drastically by state, so if the USPS intends to send the same letter to all Americans, it will likely contain general information on how the USPS ballots deals – non-specific guidance on local election rules.

Elections are conducted by state and local governments, as set forth in the Constitution, and it is not uncommon for the federal government to send election-related information to all Americans.