SF Chronicle: California officials urge voters to circumvent USPS as Trump’s war on mail voting escalates

As the Trump administration escalates its efforts to limit mail voting ahead of the midterm election, California officials are increasingly advising anxious voters to forgo returning their ballots via the U.S. Postal Service.

After the administration’s plan to curtail voting by mail was once again blocked by a federal judge, the Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow its plan to continue ahead of the November election. For years, President Donald Trump has attacked voting by mail — calling it “mail-in cheating” and, without evidence, blamed it for voter fraud that he says cost him the 2020 election. 

“We cannot stand by while Donald Trump and his Republican allies attempt to dismantle our democracy piece by piece, including threatening the ability to vote by mail,” said state Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, who wrote legislation to protect voting language access and further prevent voting discrimination. Cervantes’ two bills, passed by the Legislature last month, update the state’s Voting Rights Act, and are awaiting a decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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