USPS should follow the law, refuse to implement President Trump's executive order restricting vote-by-mail, withdraw the proposed rule, and return to its core mission of providing universal postal services rather than administering elections.

We again insist that you follow the law, refuse to implement President Trump’s Executive Order, and withdraw this presidentially-directed proposed rule.

Reed joined Senate Democratic colleagues in demanding that USPS abandon its proposed vote-by-mail rule and refuse to implement President Trump's executive order.

Reed, Whitehouse Team Up with Colleagues to Demand USPS Abandon Proposed Rule to Restrict Vote-by-Mail
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EO 14399 directed the Postmaster General to initiate USPS rulemaking on mail-in and absentee ballots within 60 days, including ballot envelope standards, state-specific mail-in/absentee participation lists, and a provision that USPS would not transmit ballots unless individuals were enrolled on such a list.

The official executive order created the USPS implementation task that the commitment opposed. It shows the relevant policy was active during Reed's current Senate term, but does not show USPS refusal or withdrawal.

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Federal Register: Executive Order 14399, Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections
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USPS proposed amendments to the Domestic Mail Manual consistent with Section 3 of EO 14399. The proposal would require enrollment through a Federal Ballot Mail Portal, collection of voter names, addresses, and barcode identifiers, and says noncompliant outbound federal ballot mailings would not be accepted and would be returned.

USPS did not refuse to implement the order or withdraw the rule; it issued the proposed rule. Because the rule was still proposed rather than final, this supports an unresolved/adverse status rather than full delivery.

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Postal Service Proposed Rule: Ballot Mail for Federal Elections
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The proposed rule also states USPS would continue longstanding Election Mail practices for processing and delivering ballots that enter the mailstream, including extraordinary measures to deliver completed ballots before the November 3, 2026 general election.

This partially aligns with the part of the commitment focused on universal postal service and ballot delivery, but it is embedded in the contested proposed rule and does not amount to withdrawal.

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Postal Service Proposed Rule: Ballot Mail for Federal Elections
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AP reported that Judge Indira Talwani halted Trump's order for the 2026 midterm cycle and held that provisions creating a federal eligible-voter list and using USPS to determine who can receive a mail ballot were legally void because they violated separation of powers.

A federal court blocked key implementation of the order during the lookback window, partially achieving the anti-implementation objective, though the administration indicated it would appeal and USPS had already proposed its rule.

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AP News: Federal judge halts Trump's election executive order seeking to create a federal voter list
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The Guardian reported that Judge Emmet Sullivan blocked a USPS plan to deny ballot deliveries to states that did not provide voter-roll data or adopt new procedures, finding the plan inconsistent with a 2021 settlement requiring USPS to ensure timely election-mail delivery through 2028.

A second court development in the lookback window further blocked USPS implementation, supporting partial delivery of the commitment's anti-implementation goal. The report does not show that USPS withdrew the proposed rule.

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The Guardian: US judge blocks Trump bid to limit mail-in voting in latest setback for president
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AP reported that nine Democratic governors, including Rhode Island's governor, asked USPS to withdraw the proposed rule after a federal judge blocked the executive order. AP also reported USPS had filed the proposed rule in late May and did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

As of July 3, 2026, the proposed rule still appeared to be pending rather than withdrawn, so the withdrawal portion of the commitment remained unresolved despite pressure from state executives and court setbacks.

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AP News: Democratic governors press US Postal Service to drop plan tied to Trump's election order
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