California, other states warn Supreme Court of 'chaos' if it lets USPS mail ballot rules stand

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Set us as preferred California and nearly two dozen other states warned the U.S.Supreme Court Wednesday that allowing the U.S.

Postal Service to move forward with President Trump’s new rules for mail ballots in the November election would cause “chaos” and could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.“In some States ...compliance with USPS’ rule would be impossible ahead of the midterms, meaning that millions of voters would be unable to vote by mail and some would not be able to vote at all,” the states argued.

“In the remaining States, there would be chaos — and a significant risk that millions more voters would be denied the ability to vote.”The Democrat-led coalition — which includes California, 23 other states and the District of Columbia — also cited objections from lower-ranking state and elections officials in conservative states that have not objected to the Postal Service’s position, including the lieutenant governor and other officials in Utah saying implementation of the new rules would “be an unmitigated disaster.”Similar warnings have emanated from Florida, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin.“Whatever else may be said of USPS’ new rule, it would wreak havoc on States and their voters if it takes effect at this late point,” the Democrat-led states wrote, pointing out that some States, including North Carolina and Wisconsin, have already begun to mail out ballots.World & Nation The effort is part of the implementation of President Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting and has been temporarily halted by a federal judge.

The ruling is being appealed by the administration and the directive may ultimately end up back before the U.S.Supreme Court.The states’ arguments were in response to the Trump administration over the weekend filing an emergency appeal to the high court,...