WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Angus King issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and 37 of his Senate colleagues are demanding the United States Postal Service (USPS) uphold existing federal law - and its own rulemaking and commitments - to best protect Americans' constitutional right to vote. In a letter (https://www.king.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_postal_service_re_elections.pdf) to the Postmaster General and Board of Governors of the USPS, the Senators demand that USPS follow existing federal law instead of an executive order signed by President Trump that would direct the USPS to create and maintain "Mail-in Absentee Participations Lists" that would determine which voters are eligible to receive and c...