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What's Your Source? · October 9 · 36 min

Is it Safe to Vote by Mail?

Are mail-in ballots reliable? A caller asked about the reliability of the USPS in 2026 and we answered! Presented by beehiiv: Episode four of ‘What’s Your Source?’ Check out beehiiv at beehiiv.com/dave and use DAVE30 for 30% off of 3 months We want to answer your questions about what you’re seeing in your news feed. Call this number and leave a voicemail: (913) 601-7086. The subject for next episode is picked every Friday morning, so call in now! Become a paid member to get episodes a day early AND get a free Harry’s kit: www.LNI.media/harrys #harryspartner — Hosted by Dave Jorgenson Executive Producers: Micah Gelman, Dave Jorgenson, Lauren Saks, Felipe Torres Medina Writers: Carley Moseley, Felipe Torres Medina, Chris Vazquez Editing: Ross Godwin Graphics: Sarah Hashemi Research and Producing: Carley Moseley, Katherine Shen and Chris Vazquez Music: APM — You can listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5RUPj0JjUd6flvOLfJDlDO or Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-your-source/id6811936358 or wherever you get your podcasts! https://rss.beehiiv.com/podcasts/01a09217-4da5-7d7b-8fe0-554edc39f0a6.xml — Sources: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/ https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/484647/donald-trump-mail-in-voting-executive-order-midterm-elections https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/NX-S1-5769077/TRUMPS-EXECUTIVE-ORDER-ON-MAIL-VOTING-IS-SET-TO-FACE-LEGAL-CHALLENGES https://statedemocracy.law.wisc.edu/our-work/how-can-states-address-federal-hostility-to-mail-voting https://www.cbsnews.com/news/farmers-almanac-says-2026-edition-will-be-its-last/ https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-plan-to-restrict-mail-voting https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-postal-service-seeks-reforms-it-reports-9-billion-yearly-loss-2025-11-14/ https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/supreme-court-denies-trump-administrations-request-to-implement-parts-of-usps-rule-on-mail-in-vo/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-postal-service-reports-25-billion-quarterly-loss-rcna591493 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/24/nx-s1-5859334/us-postal-service-david-steiner https://www.axios.com/2026/09/18/usps-slow-mail-cost-cuts-performance

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Are mail-in ballots reliable? A caller asked about the reliability of the USPS in 2026 and we answered!

Presented by beehiiv: Episode four of ‘What’s Your Source?’

Check out beehiiv at beehiiv.com/dave and use DAVE30 for 30% off of 3 months


We want to answer your questions about what you’re seeing in your news feed. Call this number and leave a voicemail: (913) 601-7086.

The subject for next episode is picked every Friday morning, so call in now!

Become a paid member to get episodes a day early AND get a free Harry’s kit: www.LNI.media/harrys #harryspartner

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Hosted by Dave Jorgenson

Executive Producers: Micah Gelman, Dave Jorgenson, Lauren Saks, Felipe Torres Medina

Writers: Carley Moseley, Felipe Torres Medina, Chris Vazquez

Editing: Ross Godwin

Graphics: Sarah Hashemi

Research and Producing: Carley Moseley, Katherine Shen and Chris Vazquez

Music: APM

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You can listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5RUPj0JjUd6flvOLfJDlDO

or Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-your-source/id6811936358

or wherever you get your podcasts! https://rss.beehiiv.com/podcasts/01a09217-4da5-7d7b-8fe0-554edc39f0a6.xml

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Sources:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/03/ensuring-citizenship-verification-and-integrity-in-federal-elections/

https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/484647/donald-trump-mail-in-voting-executive-order-midterm-elections

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/NX-S1-5769077/TRUMPS-EXECUTIVE-ORDER-ON-MAIL-VOTING-IS-SET-TO-FACE-LEGAL-CHALLENGES

https://statedemocracy.law.wisc.edu/our-work/how-can-states-address-federal-hostility-to-mail-voting

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/farmers-almanac-says-2026-edition-will-be-its-last/

https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-plan-to-restrict-mail-voting

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-postal-service-seeks-reforms-it-reports-9-billion-yearly-loss-2025-11-14/

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/09/supreme-court-denies-trump-administrations-request-to-implement-parts-of-usps-rule-on-mail-in-vo/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/us-postal-service-reports-25-billion-quarterly-loss-rcna591493

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/24/nx-s1-5859334/us-postal-service-david-steiner

https://www.axios.com/2026/09/18/usps-slow-mail-cost-cuts-performance

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