Time to Vote!
-
Take Your Ballot to a Drop Box by Tuesday, June 30 at 7:00 p.m.
-
Find Drop Box and Polling Center Locations - Just Vote Colorado
-
Talk to everyone you know - even people in line with you at the grocery store!
-
Wear your "I Voted" sticker with pride.
|
Two VOTING Calls to Action!
USPS "Ballot Mail for Federal Elections" Proposed Rule
We in LWVDenver have a unique view of this proposed rule as we heard from Amber McReynolds, Chair, Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service, at our Annual Meeting in May just as the proposed rule was announced. She emphasized that much of the proposed rule was already best practice recommendations with which Colorado complies. However, yesterday, USPS Postmaster General David Steiner testified the U.S. Postal Service would withhold mail ballots from states that do not submit to the federal government lists of people who have requested absentee or mail ballots. LWVUS strongly recommends we send in public comments in opposition to the proposed rule.
Public comments are due by Thursday, July 2 and there are two ways to comment.
1) You can use this link to use the LWVUS form for easy submission.
Take Action Now
Or, if you have more time:
2) We have heard that it is more effective to send an email comment in your own words. Email comments, containing the name and address of the commenter, may be sent to: PCFederalRegister@usps.gov, with a subject line of “Ballot Mail.” Address the comments to Mr. Dale Kennedy.
Here are some talking points to consider:
- As the Post Office is independent of the White House, we do not believe the USPS must comply with Executive Order 14399. Complying threatens USPS independence.
- We agree with the USPS, as it states in this proposed rule, that it "does not have any legal responsibility for management of state voter rolls or administration of federal elections within each state."
- The proposed standards for ballot envelopes are best election-mail practices, but the implementation timeline is unrealistic for both the USPS and local election offices, especially in this midterm election year. We urge states to adopt these standards on their own in a more reasonable timeframe.
- The Mail-In and Absentee Participation List would create a duplicative step of data entry and review that endangers voters’ personal information under the Privacy Act.
- We urge the USPS to provide national online access to all public comments in this rulemaking process.
Save Act(again!)
We have sent this so many times, but it is back on the front burner. Please use this link to once again let our Senators know that we oppose the Save America Act.
Oppose the Save Act
|