Robert Reich here. I'm terrified by the recent announcement by the U.S. Postal Service that it plans to throw out mail-in ballots from blue states that refuse to hand over sensitive voter registration data to the Trump administration.
This is blatantly illegal, but with Donald Trump's handpicked postmaster general in charge, it could throw November's all-important midterm election into chaos.
Trump is trying to sabotage the midterms because he's scared he'll lose.
He wants states to give him their voter files so that his regime can create a national voter list and purge millions of eligible voters. But secretaries of state around the country are courageously standing up to Trump and refusing to give in.
So now his Postal Service is threatening to shut down mail-in voting in states that refuse to share their sensitive voter data.
In the 2024 presidential election — an election Trump won and doesn't say was rigged — 45 million votes were cast by mail. Every study shows that a person is more likely to get struck by lightning than to cast a fraudulent ballot.
We're demanding that Congress and the courts step in to block Trump's attacks on mail-in voting. And IMCA is launching a major voter education and turnout effort, as part of our biggest midterm election campaign ever.
Can you chip in today to help us educate the public and stop Trump's attacks on mail-in voting? Every dollar you give will help.
Thank you for stepping up. The stakes couldn't be higher.