“[Trump’s] rushed effort to change the rules of mail voting on the eve of the November midterms risks disenfranchising a substantial number of voters — an intolerable risk that weighs heavily against a stay,” the states wrote. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to verified voters. It also requires mail ballots to be used with secure envelopes featuring unique tracking barcodes. And if federal officials start intercepting ballots sent by states to voters, Democratic officials argued that voters may begin to question whether USPS will refuse to deliver voters’ ballots to state officials. Alongside his executive order, Trump has demanded that congressional Republicans take drastic measures such as ending the filibuster to pass a long-stalled bill clamping down on U.S. elections.