WELCH JOINS DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES IN DEMANDING USPS UPHOLD FEDERAL LAW OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ILLEGAL EXECUTIVE ORDER TO RESTRICT VOTE BY MAIL

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,joined U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and 33 Democratic colleagues in demanding the United States Postal Service (USPS) uphold existing federal law over 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 wo...