Overview
- The American Postal Workers Union launched a national TV ad that promotes voting by mail, starting in Ohio with plans to expand to other states.
- The 30-second spot shows everyday voters and ends with the line, "Vote by mail — keep it, protect it, expand it."
- Union president Jonathan Smith said the ad was produced before the latest executive order and argued postal employees should deliver mail, not verify who can vote.
- Two weeks earlier, President Trump signed an order to build a nationwide verified-voter list and to block postal workers from sending absentee ballots to people not on state-approved rolls.
- The order drew lawsuits and pushback from postal groups, as rural carriers warned it would politicize a trusted service, and independent research has found mail-ballot fraud to be extremely rare.