ToplineColorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service Saturday and was granted a temporary restraining order after she and other state officials warned that USPS postcards sent to voters—without the officials’ approval—feature incorrect information about their states’ mail-in voting policies, as the USPS struggles to restore faith in the agency’s ability to handle election mail amid nationwide mail delays that critics have suggested may be politically motivated. An elections worker opens ballots at the King County Elections headquarters on August 4, 2020 in ... [+] Renton, Washington. Crucial Quote“These false statements will confuse Colorado voters, likely causing otherwise-eligible voters to wrongly believe that they may not participate in the upcoming election,” the lawsuit alleges. (DeJoy has since testified that the agency will treat all election mail as first class mail.)

Source: Forbes September 12, 2020 15:42 UTC