美国优先法律组织试图向美国邮政署施压，与此同时特朗普的行政令正面临蓝州提起的诉讼
2026年4月22日 美国东部时间下午1:22 / 福克斯新闻
作者：阿什利·奥利弗
独家报道： 一个保守派法律团体本周敦促美国邮政署执行唐纳德·特朗普总统关于邮寄选票的行政令，称美国邮政署有义务在今年中期选举前阻止可能出现的“欺诈性选票”。
美国优先法律组织向美国邮政署提交的一份请愿书（福克斯新闻数字频道获取到了该文件）中明确表示，邮政署拥有独立权限对邮寄选票施加限制，包括要求选票信封使用条形码追踪，并将选票收件人与联邦批准的选民登记名单进行交叉核对。
这份请愿书是特朗普政府为加强选举安全规则所做整体努力的一部分，其背景是人们对不符合资格的选民投票的担忧。随着总统的行政令面临蓝州和投票权组织提起的多起诉讼，该请愿旨在向美国邮政署施压，促使其利用监管权限单方面推进相关工作。
特朗普签署行政令全面改革邮寄投票，大力推动选举诚信
2026年3月31日，在华盛顿特区白宫椭圆形办公室，唐纳德·特朗普总统展示签署完毕的行政令。该命令旨在加大选民邮寄选票的难度。(亚伦·施瓦茨/CNP/彭博社)
“联邦法律赋予每一位相关个人向联邦机构提交规则制定请愿书的权利，”美国优先法律组织高级顾问詹姆斯·罗杰斯在一份声明中表示，“我们的请愿书让美国邮政署有权落实这些常识性改革，即便针对特朗普总统的无聊诉讼仍在继续。”
美国优先法律组织提交请愿书之前，特朗普于上月发布行政令，指示美国邮政署与各州合作制定与州提交的选民资格名单相关的邮寄选票程序，同时呼吁国土安全部和社会保障管理局协助各州核实公民身份数据。
这项名为“确保联邦选举中的公民身份核实与诚信”的行政令，还要求国土安全部和社会保障管理局与各州协调，创建一份主选民登记名单。该命令已成为激烈诉讼的焦点。
参议院共和党人欲甩锅，特朗普支持的SAVE法案或将失败
2025年11月4日，在加利福尼亚州工业市洛杉矶县选票处理中心，工作人员正在检查邮寄选票。(吉娜·费拉齐/《洛杉矶时报》)
投票权组织立即提起诉讼，称这是“对联邦选举管理行政权力的极端且滥用的主张”，并辩称宪法将联邦选举管理权限赋予各州，而非总统。
尽管白宫将该行政令描述为加强选举诚信的举措，但由加利福尼亚州牵头的蓝州联盟、民主党议员以及全国民主党竞选委员会提起的其他诉讼，指控特朗普企图减少邮寄投票。自新冠疫情以来，邮寄投票变得更为普遍，当时各州以应对公共卫生紧急情况为由扩大了选民邮寄投票的权限。特朗普曾称这些政策调整是为了“操纵”2020年大选，而他在那次选举中输给了前总统乔·拜登。
2023年3月31日，佛罗里达州棕榈滩海湖俱乐部附近，前总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持者举行抗议活动，此前有报道称特朗普因封口费支付问题被大陪审团起诉。(昌丹·坎纳/法新社/盖蒂图片社)
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由民主党参议院竞选委员会牵头的一起诉讼中写道：“特朗普总统一次又一次试图为了自身党派利益改写选举规则。他曾宣称，只要他能禁止邮寄投票——这是他2020年选举失败后最爱找的替罪羊——并实施其他投票限制，共和党人‘未来50年都不会输掉任何选举’。”
特朗普和共和党人一直紧盯非法的非公民投票问题，并长期声称这是一个普遍存在的问题。除了行政令，特朗普还一直在敦促国会在2026年中期选举前通过《SAVE法案》，要求选民登记时提供实物身份证件，但该法案缺乏民主党参议员的必要支持，难以推进。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系美国邮政署新闻办公室，征求其对美国优先法律组织请愿书的置评。
阿什利·奥利弗是福克斯新闻数字频道和福克斯商业频道的记者，负责报道司法部与法律事务。可将新闻线索发送至ashley.oliver@fox.com。
Postal Service thrust into mail-in ballot fight as Trump order gets tied up in court
America First Legal petition aims to ramp up pressure on USPS as Trump’s executive order faces lawsuits from blue states
April 22, 2026 1:22pm EDT / Fox News
By Ashley Oliver
EXCLUSIVE: A conservative legal group urged the U.S. Postal Service this week to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in ballots, saying the USPS has an obligation to block possible “fraudulent ballots” ahead of this year’s midterms.
America First Legal laid out in a petition filed with the USPS and obtained by Fox News Digital that the postal service has the independent authority to impose restrictions on mail-in ballots, including by requiring barcode tracking on ballot envelopes and cross-checking ballot recipients against federally-approved voter registration lists.
The petition comes as part of a broader push by the Trump administration to tighten election security rules over concerns about ineligible voters casting ballots. It aims to ramp up pressure on the postal service to use its regulatory authority to unilaterally advance those efforts as the president’s executive order faces multiple lawsuits brought by blue states and voting rights groups.
TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER OVERHAULING MAIL-IN VOTING IN MAJOR ELECTION INTEGRITY PUSH
President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2026. The order aims to make it harder for voters to cast mail-in ballots.(Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg)
“Federal law gives every interested individual the right to file a petition for rulemaking with federal agencies,” America First Legal senior counsel James Rogers said in a statement. “Our petition gives the Postal Service the authority to implement these common-sense reforms, even in the face of this frivolous litigation against President Trump.”
AFL’s petition came after Trump issued an executive order last month directing the USPS to work with states on mail-ballot procedures tied to state-submitted voter eligibility lists, while separately calling on DHS and the Social Security Administration to help states verify citizenship data.
The executive order, titled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections,” also required the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration to coordinate with states to create a master list of registered voters. The order has become the subject of intense litigation.
SENATE GOP EYES BLAME GAME AS TRUMP-BACKED SAVE ACT HEADS FOR DEFEAT
Vote by mail ballots are inspected at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in City of Industry, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2025.(Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)
Voting rights groups immediately sued, calling it “an extraordinary and abusive assertion of executive power over the administration of federal elections” and arguing that the Constitution gives states, not the president, authority over federal election administration.
While the White House has framed the executive order as an effort to bolster election integrity, other lawsuits, brought by a coalition of blue states led by California, Democratic lawmakers and national Democratic campaign committees, accused Trump of attempting to reduce mail-in voting. Voting by mail has become more prevalent since the COVID-19 pandemic, when states expanded voters’ ability to cast ballots by mail because of what they said was a public health emergency. Trump called the policy changes an effort to “rig” the 2020 election, which he lost to former President Joe Biden.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump protest near the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 31, 2023, following reports of a grand jury indictment related to hush money payments.(Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
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“President Trump has tried again and again to rewrite election rules for his own perceived partisan advantage. If only he could ban mail voting—a favorite scapegoat for his 2020 electoral defeat—and impose other voting restrictions, he has proclaimed, Republicans will ‘never lose a race—for 50 years,’” one of the lawsuits, led by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, read.
Trump and Republicans have zeroed in on noncitizen voting, which is illegal, and have long argued it is a widespread problem. In addition to his executive order, Trump has been urging Congress to pass the SAVE Act before the 2026 midterms to impose a physical identification requirement on people registering to vote, though the bill lacks the needed support from Democratic senators to advance.
Fox News Digital reached out to the USPS press office for comment on AFL’s petition.
Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.
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