On Friday, a three‑judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously paused a lower‑court injunction that had temporarily blocked the USPS from finalising and enforcing the new ballot‑delivery rule.

The rule would permit the Postal Service to withhold delivery of mail‑in and absentee ballots where state officials decline to send certain voter data to federal authorities. In practice, that sets up a confrontation between states determined to guard sensitive voter information and a federal agency now claiming it cannot guarantee accurate ballot delivery without it.

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago

I honestly don't know why the GOP are attacking mail-in ballots.

It looks like it's more-or-less a wash in historical data:

https://politicalscience.byu.edu/2020/08/28/do-republicans-or-democrats-benefit-from-mail-in-voting-it-turns-out-neither-three-decades-of-voting-history-reveals-vote-by-mail-does-not-give-either-party-an-edge/

Do Republicans or Democrats benefit from mail-in voting? It turns out, neither: Three decades of voting history reveals vote-by-mail does not give either party an edge

You might be able to intimidate voters or pull some other stunts locally that you cna't do remotely.

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