WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined the Senate Democratic Caucus in demanding the United States Postal Service (USPS) abandon its proposed rule to implement President Trump's unconstitutional executive order to restrict voting by mail. The executive order would force states to submit absentee voters' information to the Postal Service for the creation of a federal mail-in voter list. Under the order, USPS could then refuse to deliver ballots to voters who are not included on that list, giving the Trump-controlled agency an unprecedented and illegal role in the administration of American elections.

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