From a Rhode Island Attorney General press release
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha joined a coalition of 25 states in filing a lawsuit against the United States Postal Service (USPS) challenging its new rule that purports to grant USPS the authority to regulate mail voting in elections.
Tens
of millions of voters across the country rely on mail-in ballots, and the
coalition argues USPS’s rule will prevent states from effectively administering
their mail voting programs, putting voters at risk of being disenfranchised.
“For a President who incessantly talks about combating
election interference, he sure does love to interfere in our elections,” said
Attorney General Neronha. “Time and time again, President Trump has lied to the
American people about the legitimacy of our election system. Here, he is taking
aim at voting by mail to sow seeds of distrust and inject chaos into our
elections, with the ultimate goal of retaining and expanding his power. This is
yet another example of this Administration’s unlawful overreach and is in
direct violation of the Constitution, which makes clear that states have the
primary authority to administer elections. Voting by mail is a tried-and-true
method of exercising our most fundamental right as American citizens. Indeed,
it’s the preferred voting method of the President himself. I am confident that
we will succeed here, as we have many times before, thereby protecting the
right of American citizens, Donald Trump included, to vote without
interference.”
