Letter carriers' union says neither the executive branch nor USPS can regulate elections
National Association of Letter CarriersUnion of city letter carriers employed by USPS, in a statement released by its president, Brian L. Renfroe
The National Association of Letter Carriers said in a statement released by its president that neither the executive branch nor the Postal Service has the authority to regulate elections or rewrite election laws. It said the administration's executive order gives USPS responsibilities far outside its standard operations and constitutionally mandated authority.
“Yesterday evening’s Supreme Court ruling was the latest development in a broader effort to diminish the credibility of mail-in voting, undermine the dedicated work of the nation’s 200,000 active city letter carriers, and suppress Americans’ access to the ballot. States administer elections. Neither the executive branch nor the Postal Service has the authority to regulate elections, rewrite election laws, or determine who is eligible to vote by mail. The administration’s executive order gives the USPS new responsibilities far outside its standard operations and constitutionally mandated authority.”
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Where this statement fits
Should Trump’s new mail-in voting restrictions apply to the 2026 midterms?
USPS’s new federal ballot-mail rule requires election officials to meet envelope standards, enroll voters through a federal portal and submit outgoing ballots for verification. The Trump administration argues these are lawful anti-fraud postal controls. Challenging states and civil-rights organizations say USPS is intruding into state-run elections and that the late rollout threatens voters’ access. On September 14, the Supreme Court left a temporary block in place for the 2026 election. Alito and Thomas would have allowed enforcement; Kavanaugh objected to applying the rule this year.
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Statement on the union's website, released by NALC President Brian L. Renfroe the day after a Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballots.
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News item on the union's website summarizing the litigation over the executive order and quoting NALC President Brian L. Renfroe on the Supreme Court's September 14 ruling.
Before the quotation
NALC President Brian L. Renfroe released the statement the day after a Supreme Court ruling on mail-in ballots. NALC's September 15 account says the Court ruled on August 24, overturning a lower-court order that had blocked implementation of the executive order and allowing the Postal Service to proceed with planning, without deciding whether the changes were lawful.
After the quotation
The statement also says that instances of mail-in voter fraud are exceedingly rare, that letter carriers have delivered ballots securely for decades, and that carriers are prepared to deliver ballots again this election season.
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The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference point is implementing the mandatory USPS ballot-mail requirements for the 2026 election, which come from the executive order. NALC says neither the executive branch nor the Postal Service has the authority to regulate elections and that the order gives USPS responsibilities far outside its constitutionally mandated authority. That rejects both the order and the Postal Service's role under it, so we labeled it Condemned.
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