This letter ran in The Ellsworth American, August 31, 2026.
To the Editor:
According to a Dec. 2, 2024, press release from the U.S. Postal Service, during the general election period of Sept. 1 to Nov. 1, the USPS delivered at least 99.22 million ballots to or from voters. President Trump’s recent executive order, if allowed to stand, would greatly restrict mail-in voting, despite the fact that there is no credible evidence of fraudulent voting by mail.
This high-handed attempt to discourage voters is clearly a threat to democracy. But, just as bad, it threatens the business of the USPS and the jobs of perhaps thousands of its workers by removing a huge volume of mail and the revenue it generates.
I rely on the USPS for secure delivery of prescriptions, W-2 forms and other tax documents, renewed driver’s licenses, credit cards and essential printed material of all sorts. I suspect that most Americans share a similar reliance. Wiping out a huge chunk of business revenue by a stroke of the presidential pen will damage us all if we don’t fight back.
John Curtis
Surry