(iii) Proposed provisions specifying that the USPS shall not transmit mail-in or absentee ballots from any individual unless those individuals have been enrolled on a State-specific list described in subsection (b)(iv) of this section with the USPS pursuant to this subsection.
Elections are run by each state, including registration. That means when they want to fuck with the registry they have to do it in a state by state basis, making specific lawsuits that target that state’s system. They want to make it federal so they can just drop whoever they want from the registry without having to go through state officials.
Besides being a blatant attempt to enable widespread disenfranchisement, it is also highly unconstitutional. The states run elections, following regulations set by Congress. The executive branch should have no power here, and the executive order should be struck down immediately, but who fucking knows at this point.
1: The executive order is blocked by a federal court.
2: Supreme Court issues a stay on that block, allowing the EO to continue until the Supreme Court is able to review it.
3: Supreme Court slow-walks their review of it, delaying until after the election.
4: Supreme Court ‘does the right thing’ and decides it’s unconstitutional … after the election, once it’s too late.