USPS postmaster threatens to not mail out ballots if states don’t comply

On Wednesday, United States Postal Service postmaster general David Steiner was asked during a Senate committee hearing if the postal service would mail out ballots in states that refused to turn over their voter rolls to the federal government. The answer was no; he tried to explain why he’d direct postal workers to break the law…but the entire exchange is just to bizzare not to watch.

This exchange came when Senators on the Senate Homeland and Government Affairs Committee had a chance to grill Steiner about a proposed regulation that would ban the mailing of ballots in states that refused to turnover their voter records to the feds. The Democrats on the committee were concerned because the Constitution empowers the state legislatures and Congress to determine how our elections are run, not the USPS board of governors – which have yet to approve the regulation change.

Washington is one of eight states that vote entirely by mail. And Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has refused to hand over the states voter rolls.

Republicans on the committee were more interested in the postal services financial health than this regulation that would potentially disenfranchise over 33 million voters.