Democrats have accused Trump, who is trailing presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in opinion polls, of trying to hamstring the cash-strapped Postal Service to suppress mail-in voting. Several Democratic state attorneys general told Reuters they were in discussions about potential legal action to stop Postal Service changes that could affect the election outcome. Congressional Democrats also called on DeJoy, a Trump donor, and Postal Service Chairman Robert Duncan to testify at an August 24 hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Trump later walked back those comments, saying he would not veto a bill that included funds for the Postal Service. "A number of states are now trying to figure out how they are going to go to universal mail-in ballots," Meadows said.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 17, 2020 02:37 UTC