> Trump Has Sought Control Over Postal Service to Transform U.S. Elections

Four weeks before President Trump signed an executive order seeking to restrict mail voting, he filed four nominations for vacancies on the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service.

All four were Republicans. Three have expressed doubts about who won the 2020 presidential election and the security of voting.

The selections broke with a longstanding practice of nominating board members in bipartisan pairs. Two of those nominees are on a fast track for approval, and could reach a full Senate vote when the chamber returns from recess in September. If confirmed, their appointments would effectively tip the board to a majority that is loyal to Mr. Trump.

Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, said he has discussed with community leaders in his state the need to tell people not to rely on the mail. Instead, they should plan to vote early and in person, or drop their mail ballots at voting centers.

“I never want to be in the situation where I have to say, ‘You know, you can’t trust the U.S. Postal Service, we can’t trust the administration,’” Mr. Gallego said in an interview. But Mr. Trump is “willing to do anything. He doesn’t care how he gets there, he just cares about the outcome.”

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