🚨🧵 1/Repost if you think this is yet another good reason to end universal mail-in voting

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A thread arguing that USPS workers' union endorsements of Democratic candidates create potential conflicts of interest in mail-in ballot handling, despite legal protections like the Hatch Act. The author contends this setup presents election fraud risks and calls for ending universal mail-in voting.

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🚨🧵 1/Repost if you think this is yet another good reason to end universal mail-in voting
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2/ USPS unions like the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) & American Postal Workers Union (APWU) routinely endorse presidential candidates Both NALC and APWU endorsed Kamala Harris in 2024 & all postal-worker unions overwhelmingly favor Democrats when they endorse
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3/ This creates at least a potential conflict of interest, given that USPS handles tens of millions of mail-in ballots with each election—99.22 million in 2024 alone If a union backs one candidate, could that influence ballot handling?
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4/ In 2020, House Oversight Committee Ranking Member @RepJamesComer raised alarms about potential political bias in USPS ballot operations oversight.house.gov/release/comer-…
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5/ Those defending this practice will argue that USPS employees are bound by the Hatch Act, which prohibits partisan political activities on the job—like endorsing candidates or tampering with mail They’ll also argue that election security in this context is guaranteed by chain-of-custody protocols, bipartisan oversight, and federal law enforcement via the Postal Inspection Service That requires Americans to put a lot of faith in the USPS
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6/ There’s simply no way to fully mitigate against the immense risks presented by universal mail-in voting—especially considering how many U.S. Postal Service workers belong to unions that overwhelmingly endorse Democrats, many times more than Republicans
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7/ Bottom line: Although unions are legally permitted to endorse, the setup invites opportunities for election fraud This cozy arrangement puts USPS worker unions—which strongly prefer to endorse Democrats—in a position to manipulate the outcome of elections
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8/ What do you think—are concerns regarding universal mail-in voting made more significant by the fact that USPS workers belong to unions that routinely endorse candidates, and overwhelmingly support Democrats when they do so? #ElectionIntegrity #USPS #EndMailInVoting
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I’d love to know why those voting “no” think this isn’t a problem