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Witness calls USPS rule 'insane,' cites envelope changes and voter-roll sharing as impractical
Summary
The witness told the hearing the postal-service rule would force states to redesign mail-in ballot envelopes and share voter rolls with the postal service, calling that both unconstitutional and physically impossible to implement on short notice.
A witness at the hearing described operational problems that would flow from the postal-service rule, saying states would need to alter ballot envelopes and transmit voter rolls to the postal service to make the system work.
"One of the provisions in the rule making is that the states would have to actually alter the the envelopes, for for their mail in ballots," the Witness said, arguing that alteration of envelopes on the tight timetable would be impracticable. The speaker added that the rule would require sending voter rolls to the postal service so it could determine which addresses should receive mail-in ballots, a step the witness called "insane."
The witness framed these issues as both logistical and constitutional obstacles the legal team will raise in federal court. The hearing did not include testimony from postal-service officials or counterarguments; the speaker presented these details as the state's planned grounds for litigation.
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