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\u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \u00ad \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Friday, October 2\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nBy Andrew Wyrich \u00b7 Newsletter Editor \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hello, pro-democracy readers! Happy Friday. The Postal Service is slowing its pickup and delivery times for much of the country. As part of our detailed report on how these changes could impact voters, the Democracy Docket team built a map to help you figure out whether your ballot will be affected.\n\u00a0\nMeanwhile, a new poll found that a majority of Americans overwhelmingly support pro-voting policies like early in-person voting options. Ironically, 75% of those polled supported giving more resources to the Postal Service.\n\u00a0\nP.S. \u2014 Don\u2019t forget to scroll down to the bottom of today\u2019s newsletter to check out this week\u2019s good news.\n\u00a0\nAll that and more is on the docket today. See you next week!\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Postal Service is slowing delivery. Will your mail ballot be affected?\nThe U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is implementing broad cost-saving measures that will slow pickup and delivery times for 42% of the continental United States. The major change will eliminate evening mail pickups from post offices more than 50 miles away from a regional processing facility. \nThat puts tens of thousands of unsuspecting mail voters at risk of disenfranchisement if they wait too long to mail their ballot. The danger is particularly great for rural voters.\nThe Democracy Docket team built a map showing the zip codes affected by the slowdowns. \nMeanwhile, the USPS is pushing back the start date for its \u201cextraordinary measures\u201d by five days, in comparison to past elections. That will give Postal Service workers 10 days before Election Day to handle the inevitable extra work that comes with the millions of ballots mailed throughout the country.\n\u27a4 How the delay can impact voters\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Americans overwhelmingly support pro-voting policies, national survey finds\nA new survey found that 82% of Americans strongly favor early in-person voting options and making Election Day a federal holiday. Nine in 10 voters said they support training and hiring more poll workers to increase polling place hours.\n\u27a4 Which pro-voting policies are most popular?\nHegseth urges military to vote as Trump administration makes it harder for them to cast ballots\nDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed commanders and supervisors to give service members and their families time to register, request ballots and cast their votes.\nBut Hegseth\u2019s push comes as the Trump administration and Republican allies have pursued a series of legal and administrative changes that could make it harder for the same military voters and their families to cast ballots.\n\u27a4 What did Hegseth say? \nCourt upholds Tennessee\u2019s GOP gerrymander, saying lawmakers deserve \u2018presumption of good faith\u2019 \nA federal court dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gerrymandered map adopted by Tennessee Republicans that eliminated the state\u2019s one Black-majority congressional district, based in Memphis.\n\u27a4 The latest in Tennessee\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Our new bulletin board is live. Find ways you can volunteer, attend rallies,\u00a0write petitions and much more.\n \n \n \n \n EXPLORE THE BULLETIN BOARD\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n North Carolina mailboxes overflow with voter registration warnings after state cut a deal with Trump\u2019s DOJ\nSome North Carolina voters only have a week left to ensure they can cast a ballot in the midterms as a result of a shady settlement the state elections board made with President Donald Trump\u2019s Department of Justice (DOJ).\n\u27a4 What voters need to know\n\u00a0\nICYMI: MAGA wants the Feds to seize voting machines in Georgia\nIn yesterday\u2019s newsletter, we reported on how Georgia\u2019s Republican-controlled election board invited the DOJ to declare the state\u2019s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections.\nIf you missed that story, check out video journalist Emily Gross\u2019 new short that breaks it all down.\n\u27a4 Watch our new video\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls \nThe DOJ has no right to Georgia\u2019s unredacted statewide voter registration list, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, delivering the department\u2019s 26th straight loss in its effort to obtain sensitive voting records.\n\u27a4 More on the ongoing losing streak for the DOJ\nGOP voter ID bill falls short in Senate\nAfter trying to sneak the provision into a bill that would have banned congressional stock-trading, the Senate failed in its latest attempt to force through anti-voting measures backed by Trump.\n\u27a4 What happened in the Senate?\nJudge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law\nA federal judge allowed a pro-voting challenge to Louisiana\u2019s proof-of-citizenship voter registration law to move forward, including claims that the law discriminates against voters based on national origin.\n\u27a4 The latest in Louisiana\nJudge strikes down Trump\u2019s bid to cut states\u2019 anti-terror funds unless they impose new voting restrictions\nThe Trump administration cannot leverage grants meant to help prevent terrorist attacks to force states and local governments to adopt a slate of new anti-voting measures, a federal judge ruled Monday in a major win for voters.\n\u27a4 More on the judge\u2019s ruling\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Today's newsletter was edited by Sally Holtgrieve and Dave O\u2019Brien, and produced by Leila Fusenig. Learn more about our staff here.",
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