(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Letter Carriers and their allies in the U.S. Senate have launched a campaign for legislation to permanently halt President Donald Trump’s attempts to disrupt mail-in voting.

The Absentee Mail Voter Protection Act, introduced on May 22nd by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (Democrat-Michigan), the top Democrat on the Senate panel that writes Postal Legislation, would overturn Trump’s March 31st Executive Order mandating the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) become involved in determining which mail-in ballots are legitimate. 

The Constitution says, deliberately, that States run elections, without manipulation by the President or interference by the USPS.

NALC and the Senators want to keep it that way.

Trump doesn’t.

The measure, co-sponsored by Senator Alex Padilla (Democrat-California) and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Democrat-Illinois) would also ban such Executive Orders in the future.

And the Union convinced the three lawmakers to get 34 Democratic Senators, including themselves, to sign a letter urging the USPS Board to reject any and all mail-in voting bans.

“NALC appreciates Senators Peters, Padilla and Durbin’s leadership in fighting to protect Americans’ access to mail-in ballots,” NALC President Brian Renfroe said. “Voting by mail is safe, secure and makes it easier for tens of millions of Americans to participate in our Democracy. As this Executive Order is considered in the Courts, NALC supports this legislation that focuses on protecting Americans’ right to vote by mail.”

Trump has long tried to end mail-in balloting even though, ironically, he uses it himself when voting from the White House in Florida elections.

One of his conspiracy-theory lies revolves around mail-in ballots.

He lies by calling mail-in ballots a route to vote fraud, especially in cities with majorities of People of Color.

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