In the settlement, the postal service agreed to take “extraordinary measures” to deliver ballots for the 2022 midterm elections, such as those used during the November 2020 election.
The suit argued that those changes made mail delivery unreliable and sparked confusion in the lead-up to the 2020 election, in which millions of voters would rely on the postal service to deliver ballots by mail.
Derrick Johnson, the head of the NAACP, called Friday's settlement an “unprecedented victory for civil rights.” "When we fight, we win. Ballot box or mailbox, a vote is a vote, and each vote is sacred,” he said in aThe Justice Department also welcomed the settlement. “The right to vote and ability to access the ballot is the cornerstone of our democracy,” said Vanita Gupta, the associate attorney general, in a. “The department is pleased we could facilitate a resolution that reflects the commitment of all of the parties to appropriately handling and prioritizing election mail.”
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