Donald Trump's plan to use the US Postal Service to screen mailed-in votes is being tested in Florida.

Posted by Letters from an American, Sep 13, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

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Sources: 3 contradict2 support
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 55%

Letters from an AmericanSep 13, 2026

… a MAGA loyalist who will refuse to list Democrats on the roll of those elected to the 120th Congress, In this scenario, Democrats will have to go to the courts, perhaps eventually the Supreme Court, which would take weeks, leaving the country vulnerable, Trump’s plan to use the US Postal Service to screen mailed-in votes is being tested in Florida, and shows what will likely happen if the Supreme Court lifts its injunction blocking the USPS from implementing new rules, The DOJ under Trump is threatening, without cause, election workers, using harassment and intimidation to force them to put Trump’s …

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Sources show USPS screening of Florida mail-ballot materials under Trump's mail-voting plan: Leon County's envelope was rejected for spacing, and USPS backed down. The Portside post also reports a Florida test run, and the plan was blocked by courts, so the 'being tested' framing rests on thin, mostly unrated coverage.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What we found

Supports. A Boston Globe piece (published 2026-11-02) says Florida counties sought pre-compliance review of ballot mailing materials, and USPS rejected Leon County's outgoing mail-ballot envelope, intending to refuse to carry it, over a 0.014-inch spacing issue.[2]

Supports. Portside (posted 2026-09-13) describes Trump's plan to use USPS to screen mail-in voting as having had a recent 'test run,' citing a Tallahassee Democrat story about Florida.[3]

Contradicts. The plan was blocked by a federal judge and later by the Supreme Court, and Florida officials said mail voting was proceeding as usual, which weakens the sense that the screening was an active test in Florida.[1][4][5]

Context. The Boston Globe account of the Leon County rejection is dated after the claim, and the Portside test-run reference is unrated and secondhand, so the evidence is thin and only indirectly tied to the 2026-09-13 date.[2][3]