📨 Can US Democracy Survive Attacks on Vote-by-Mail?

FEATURING CHRISTOPHER W SHAW - President Donald Trump on Sunday appealed to Supreme Court justices to block a federal judge’s decision against his mail-in-voting restrictions. In spite of the fact that nearly one-third of all voters use mail-in ballots, and that state governments have final authority over election implementation, the Trump administration has demanded control. It has done so by blatantly lying about widespread voter fraud. And, it has used the one tool the federal government has control of: The US Postal Service. 

An anonymous USPS whistle blower has filed a report warning of a high risk of “catastrophic failure” of the midterm elections if the White House’s plan were to be implemented. Christopher W. Shaw is the author of the book First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat. He spoke with Sonali Kolhatkar about the Trump war on voting.