MERKLEY, WYDEN, DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES DEMAND USPS UPHOLD FEDERAL LAW OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ILLEGAL EXECUTIVE ORDER TO RESTRICT VOTE BY MAIL

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:

Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined over 30 of their Senate Democratic colleagues in demanding the United States Postal Service (USPS) uphold existing federal law over the executive order signed by President Trump.

"The Constitution provides no role for the President in regulating federal elections. And no statute delegates to the President any authority to regulate elections or voter eligibility either, including via USPS," wrote the Senators. "By issuing the executive order, however, the President is attempting to unconstitutionally consolidate power to personally regulate American elections."

The executive order, which is being challenged b...