Union Launches Mail Voting Ad Campaign

The American Postal Workers Union launched a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail, entering a politically charged debate. This campaign comes after Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and prevent the United States — United States Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to those not on state-approved lists. The National Rural Letter Carriers Association and other groups have opposed Donald Trump's order, arguing that the United States — United States Postal Service is not equipped to verify voter eligibility and that the move risks politicizing the institution. Jonathan Smith, president of the American Postal Workers Union, stated their ad was produced before Donald Trump's order and emphasized that postal workers' job is to move mail, not verify voter eligibility. Donald Trump has publicly criticized mail voting as fraudulent and is pushing the United States to curtail it, despite a Brookings Institution report finding minimal fraud.