“The right to vote should never be subject to arbitrary barriers or last-minute rule changes that create confusion and suppress participation.”
— Anthony P. Ashton, Senior Associate General Counsel, NAACP
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS), at the direction of President Trump, has proposed a new rule that would allow it to refuse to deliver mail ballots in states that do not bend to Trump’s demands to use a new, error-prone federal database of Americans.
Voting by mail is secure, reliable, and trusted by millions of Floridians in every election. Please join fellow Floridians to help stop this illegal attack on our ability to cast a mail ballot and know that it will be delivered and counted.
Let’s be clear: This proposed rule puts USPS in the position of deciding who is eligible to vote by mail and is a direct response to President Trump’s recent executive order on mail voting. It’s an unconstitutional attempt to usurp states’ authority over their own elections.
Voting by mail significantly increases voter participation, especially among voters juggling multiple jobs and childcare, seniors, students, and voters with disabilities or transportation barriers. Instead of encouraging greater participation in our democracy, this proposal is designed to undermine voters’ ability to take part in our elections.
Send a message to the USPS: deliver our ballots and don’t interfere in our elections.
Voting by mail has long been a powerful tool for exercising one’s fundamental right to vote – thanks for speaking out to keep it that way.
For a stronger democracy,
Mark and the Progress Florida team
P.S.: Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law that forces Floridians who vote by mail to submit a mail-ballot request for every general election cycle. Check your vote-by-mail status, just in case. Visit the Florida Division of Elections website and click on your county. From there, you can check your status through your county supervisor of elections and request a mail ballot for the current election cycle.