Move On – September 9, 2026

Posted on September 9, 2026

Join more than 26,000 MoveOn members demanding the Senate BLOCK Trump’s nominees for the USPS Board of Governors and protect our right to vote by mail. Sign now!

Dear MoveOn member,

A whistle-blower has dropped an explosive new allegation that the United States Postal Service is making “secretive, rushed” attempts to implement Trump’s executive order to federalize vote-by-mail, despite a judge blocking the plans.1

These plans could prevent tens of millions of eligible voters from casting their ballots through the mail. And the timing couldn’t be worse, sowing deep confusion ahead of the November midterm elections.2

This comes on the heels of Trump’s attempt to exert deeper control over the Postal Service and our elections by nominating four Republicans—three of whom have echoed his conspiracy theories about the 2020 election results—to the USPS Board of Governors.3

Trump already meddled in the appointment of our current postmaster general. The Senate cannot allow him to escalate any attempts to suppress vote-by-mail and control the USPS. Sign the petition now to block these nominees from weaponizing the USPS against us!

Here’s what’s at stake: Trump wants to build a national list of citizens and require the USPS to only send ballots to those on the list while directing states to abide by certain mail-ballot design and tracking requirements.4 There are two issues with this: One, states control our elections, not Trump; and two, states have warned that doing this accurately is nearly impossible.

The desired outcome is blatant: An untold number of eligible voters would be purged from the voter files.5

Our democracy is on the line. Will you sign the petition to demand the Senate safeguard our elections and refuse to confirm Trump’s nominees?

Thanks for all you do.

–Kelsey, Allison K., Seth, Mia, and the rest of the team

P.S. Read our email below to learn more about how Trump is using the USPS to attack vote-by-mail.

Sources:

1. “Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail,” The New York Times, September 1, 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.html

2. Ibid.

3. “Trump Quietly Asserts Control Over Postal Service Amid Plans to Overhaul Voting,”The New York Times, August 24, 2026
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/us/politics/mail-voting-supreme-court-postal-service-trump.html

4. “Federal judge lifts all blocks on Trump mail-in ballots executive order,” ABC News, August 26, 2026
https://abcnews.com/Politics/federal-judge-lifts-blocks-trump-mail-ballots-executive/story?id=135981337

5. “‘There’s no way those lists are accurate’: State officials warn that Trump’s citizenship data-gathering could purge eligible voters,” MS Now, August 26, 2026
https://www.ms.now/news/trump-election-security-noncitizen-voting

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