DeJoy voter suppression continued

[S]tate courts over the last several months have overturned witness signature mandates in Rhode Island, Virginia, Minnesota, and Alaska. Yet such restrictions are still on the books in Wisconsin, North Carolina, and South Carolina. [...] [T]he Associated Press reported last month that “lack of a witness signature or other witness information has emerged as the leading cause of ballots being set aside before being counted in North Carolina, with problems disproportionately affecting Black voters in the state.”

In past elections, the requirement has not been much of a problem because few people in these states voted absentee and, if they did, they had a handy workaround. They could get their local letter carriers to co-sign their ballots or ask a clerk at their local post office to do so.

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[I]n a much under-covered move, the U.S. Postal Service under Donald Trump’s handpicked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy issued an order this summer forbidding Postal Service employees from providing witness signatures on voters’ absentee ballots.

Over the last several weeks, postal union officials have pushed DeJoy’s top lieutenants to rescind the prohibition. [...] Last week, however, the USPS national management refused a final plea from the unions to reverse the order.

  Washington Monthly

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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