WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined 39 Senate colleagues in introducing the Absentee and Mail Voter Protection Act (Absentee MVP Act) to block President Trump's illegal and unconstitutional executive order attacking mail and absentee ballots and protect the right to vote by mail.
"This Executive Order on vote-by-mail is one more unconstitutional effort by the President to grab control of our elections," said Sen. Cantwell. "Washingtonians cherish voting by mail because they know it is secure and convenient. This bill will he...