CARSON CITY, Nev. (FOX5) — Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Wednesday a lawsuit against the United States Postal Service challenging a new rule regarding mail voting in elections.
The coalition argues the rule will prevent states from effectively administering their mail voting programs, putting voters at risk of being disenfranchised. Tens of millions of voters across the country rely on mail-in ballots.
“President Trump has made it clear that he will never stop attempting to interfere with the rights of the states to conduct their elections, and I want to make it clear that every time he tries, we will drag him to court and we will beat him,” Ford said. “While the president spreads lies about our democracy and our elections, Nevadans know that the Silver State’s elections are free, fair and safe. Our citizens are allowed to vote — securely and safely — in the manner that works best for them, and my office will stand against any efforts to deprive our voters of those choices.”
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On March 31, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to establish a national list of eligible voters and directing USPS to transmit mail ballots only to voters on the list.
On Aug. 21, USPS announced a new rule implementing the president’s demands that require states to register every voter who is eligible to vote by mail with USPS and tasking USPS with compiling the registered voters into state-specific lists. The rule also establishes new design requirements for mail-in ballot envelopes created by states, which states are required to meet and get approved by USPS.
Under the rule, USPS will not deliver ballots to voters who do not appear on the USPS-generated lists and will not deliver ballots in envelopes that fail to comply with the rule’s new standards.
Ford and the coalition argue the rule inflicts significant, irreparable harm on states by imposing burdensome mail voting requirements that risk disenfranchising eligible voters. With the start of the general election season weeks away, states must bear the cost of redesigning their mail ballot envelopes and securing USPS review and approval before they can register mail voters with USPS.
Even if states were to meet these administrative and financial burdens, the rule could still result in eligible voters not receiving their ballots due to administrative errors or flaws in the rushed and untested new procedures, according to the coalition.
The coalition asks the court to strike down the rule and issue a temporary restraining order preventing the rule from taking effect while the litigation proceeds.
In July, President Trump made statements during a nationally televised broadcast claiming, among other things, that Nevada’s voter rolls contained 16,000 noncitizen voters. The Department of Homeland Security has said that number was unfounded, according to Ford’s office.
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