According to Tribe, who represented Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election recount, the Constitution requires that states enact postmark rules – meaning all mail-in ballots must be dated and cannot be invalidated if sent before the election deadline.
As states across the country prepare to deal with monumental increases in mail-in voting ballots this election season, the Trump Administration has been ramping up its efforts to dismantle the capabilities of the U. S. Postal Service (USPS). With 46 states recently receiving notifications from USPS warning that the agency may not be capable of delivering all ballots cast via mail by Nov.3, legal experts are calling on state and federal officials to take action or risk jeopardizing the presidential election. Prompted by congressional Democrats, USPS Inspector General Tammy L. Whitcomb this week began investigating the policy changes enacted by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy since he took over the role in June. But former Justice Department Inspector General Michael R. Bromwich, who has already called for all of the manpower at Whitlock’s disposal to be dedicated to the DeJoy probe, on Saturday said Congress must force DeJoy to defend his actions under oath. “Multiple House committees should subpoena DeJoy and members of the USPS Board of Governors this weekend for an emergency joint hearing Monday for them to explain themselves,” Bromwich tweeted alongside a photograph of dozens of USPS dropboxes piled up in the state of Wisconsin.
