March 26, 2025

NALC statement on Executive Order limiting ballot access

NALC President Brian L. Renfroe issued the following statement regarding an Executive Order President Donald Trump signed yesterday:

This Executive Order is stacked with blatant lies to undermine the nation’s free and fair election process by placing restrictions on voter access to the ballot box. 

Our country is stronger when more people participate in the democratic process, no matter how they choose to cast their ballots: early, in person on Election Day, or through mail-in ballots.

Letter carriers take pride in our work and have safely, securely and successfully delivered ballots since the Civil War. In the 2024 election, letter carriers delivered 99.22 million ballots to and from voters, tens of millions of which were cast for President Trump. In 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic, as millions of Americans sheltered in place, letter carriers delivered a record-breaking 135 million ballots.

While this EO claims to be about “preserving” and “protecting” American elections, NALC sees this for what it is: a clear attack on voting rights that slams the safety and security of voting by mail.  

NALC will not stand for any attempt to diminish Americans’ accessibility to free and fair elections, and we will fight like hell to protect this right for the millions of Americans who rely on us.