Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has retreated from a plan to collect data on mail-in voters under President Trump’s executive order, with the Justice Department now framing the initiative as preliminary and contingent on a new U.S. Postal Service rule. The executive order, which requires states to submit mail voter lists to the Postal Service and mandates DHS to compile voting-age citizen data, faces ongoing lawsuits but has not been paused by a court.