WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Alex Padilla (D-CA) and 32 of their Democratic colleagues in demanding the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) uphold existing federal law over the executive order signed by President Trump. The executive order, which has been challenged in the courts, would direct USPS to create and maintain "Mail-in Absentee Participations Lists" that would determine which voters are eligible to receive and cast absentee ballots through the mail. The order attempts to turn USPS into an election administrator ...