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This is a test taking place this year, and it's been turned into an experiment recently.
to see if letter carriers can replace census workers to interview households for the census.
This is another idea from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
And it's raised a lot of questions because the government accountability office says that's not a cost-effective way of conducting the census.
But the Trump administration, for some reason, seems to see the Postal Service as this tool that it can use.
I think we should all keep in mind that the midterm election is happening right now.
Some states have already held their primaries for the midterm election.
Voting is happening right now.
Some people are voting by mail right now.
And I don't know how much every voter is necessarily, every eligible voter is necessarily paying attention to the latest executive order from President Trump that is being challenged in court and may be blocked by courts and may not affect ultimately how they vote in the coming months.
I'm Hansi Lawang.
I also cover voting.
And I'm Miles Parks.
I also, also cover voting.
This would allow us to better respond to changes in the marketplace, recoup our costs, and fulfill our universal service mandate.
In California, a panel of federal judges is set to rule soon on whether to block a congressional map that could help Democrats pick up five more U.S.
California voters approved that map to counter the new Texas map that President Trump pushed for to help Republicans.
A New York lawsuit filed by a Democratic law firm is trying to force that state's congressional map to be redrawn.
A state judge is set to decide soon whether to throw out that case.