Unless extended by the court, the temporary restraining order remains in effect through September 22, the filings shows. "Temporary restraining order granted. The USPS must stop sending misinformation to Colorado voters," Jena Griswold, Colorado's secretary of state, tweeted Saturday evening. Griswold, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit on Saturday seeking a temporary restraining order to stop delivery of mailers that have yet to be delivered.The pre-election mailers, meant to inform Americans about voting by mail, advise voters to request a vote-by-mail ballot at least 15 days before Election Day and to return the official ballot at least seven days before. Those guidelines, however, don't align with Colorado's election policies.The lawsuit pointed to false statements, including telling voters they need to request a ballot, when in Colorado that isn't the case. The state also pointed to the part of the mailer the tells voters to send in their ballots seven days in advance, when Colorado voters have the option to return their ballots in person on Election Day.ELECTION 2020: Send us your stories about voting issuesGriswold told CNN's Fredricka Whitfield on "Newsroom" Sunday that she thinks the mailers are "suspect" based on President Donald Trump's ongoing fight against widespread mail-in voting in the 2020 election. "It very well could have started in a good place — making sure that voters have confidence in using the mail for voting — but I do think when we see the pattern of voter suppression coming out of the President in his use of the Post Office to try to suppress voters, I do think it's suspect," she said. Griswold also said that despite the temporary win on Saturday, the state will continue with its underlying lawsuit against the mailers. "We have an underlying lawsuit where we're saying don't send the postcards ever. So either way, you know, we'll make sure that Colorado voters understand the correct information, but I just wish the Post Office wouldn't have sent the notices in Colorado when we asked them on Friday," she said.The defendants — the United States Postal Service, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Denver, Colorado, Regional Postmaster Samarn Reed, Albuquerque and New Mexico Regional Postmaster Chris Yazzi — are ordered to file with the court an accounting of all notices sent across Colorado by the morning of September 17. "This accounting will, at a minimum, include the number of such notices mailed to Colorado postal patrons broken down by the first three digits of the destination U.S. Postal Service Zip Code," Judge William J. Martinez said in court documents filed Saturday evening.The suit notes that Colorado "understands that some voters in limited areas of Colorado may have received this official notice, or may receive it on Saturday, September 12."Griswold previously asked USPS to not send the pre-election mailers to voters in heRead More – Source
Unless extended by the court, the temporary restraining order remains in effect through September 22, the filings shows. "Temporary restraining order granted. The USPS must stop sending misinformation to Colorado voters," Jena Griswold, Colorado's secretary of state, tweeted Saturday evening. Griswold, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit on Saturday seeking a temporary restraining order to stop delivery of mailers that have yet to be delivered.The pre-election mailers, meant to inform Americans about voting by mail, advise voters to request a vote-by-mail ballot at least 15 days before Election Day and to return the official ballot at least seven days before. Those guidelines, however, don't align with Colorado's election policies.The lawsuit pointed to false statements, including telling voters they need to request a ballot, when in Colorado that isn't the case. The state also pointed to the part of the mailer the tells voters to send in their ballots seven days in advance, when Colorado voters have the option to return their ballots in person on Election Day.ELECTION 2020: Send us your stories about voting issuesGriswold told CNN's Fredricka Whitfield on "Newsroom" Sunday that she thinks the mailers are "suspect" based on President Donald Trump's ongoing fight against widespread mail-in voting in the 2020 election. "It very well could have started in a good place — making sure that voters have confidence in using the mail for voting — but I do think when we see the pattern of voter suppression coming out of the President in his use of the Post Office to try to suppress voters, I do think it's suspect," she said. Griswold also said that despite the temporary win on Saturday, the state will continue with its underlying lawsuit against the mailers. "We have an underlying lawsuit where we're saying don't send the postcards ever. So either way, you know, we'll make sure that Colorado voters understand the correct information, but I just wish the Post Office wouldn't have sent the notices in Colorado when we asked them on Friday," she said.The defendants — the United States Postal Service, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Denver, Colorado, Regional Postmaster Samarn Reed, Albuquerque and New Mexico Regional Postmaster Chris Yazzi — are ordered to file with the court an accounting of all notices sent across Colorado by the morning of September 17. "This accounting will, at a minimum, include the number of such notices mailed to Colorado postal patrons broken down by the first three digits of the destination U.S. Postal Service Zip Code," Judge William J. Martinez said in court documents filed Saturday evening.The suit notes that Colorado "understands that some voters in limited areas of Colorado may have received this official notice, or may receive it on Saturday, September 12."Griswold previously asked USPS to not send the pre-election mailers to voters in heRead More – Source
