Colorado sues USPS and Postmaster General for potentially misleading voters
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Colorado on Saturday sued the US Postal Service and its postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, seeking to prevent the mailing of official notices to all Colorado residents that the state says contain false and misleading statements about voting in the November election. The USPS notices, which encourage residents who plan to vote by mail to request ballots early and send them in advance of the November 3 election, runs counter to how mail-in voting is conducted in Colorado and could confuse and disenfranchise voters, the state argues in a lawsuit filed in federal court. Colorado is already part of a multi-state federal lawsuit filed last month that challenges organisational changes made by DeJoy and the Postal Service that the states say may hamper mail-in voting. In response to the suit, the Postal Service said the mailer is a national one that has already been sent to a majority of US residents and is not intended to be a guide to local election laws governing mail-in voting.