Lawmakers ask Trump’s postmaster to return sorting machines
4 years, 7 months ago

Lawmakers ask Trump’s postmaster to return sorting machines

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — President Donald Trump’s postmaster general was asked to immediately return sorting machines that were removed by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and 10 of Pennsylvania’s members of Congress on Tuesday, as union officials say the machines’ removal has contributed to a slowdown in mail delivery. The machines, the spokesperson said, were not needed, a contention disputed by two postal worker union officials in Pennsylvania, who said Tuesday the removal of the machines was extraordinarily unusual and continues to contribute to the slowdown in mail delivery around the state. “It’s the only way to look at it.” Casey and the other lawmakers say at least 30 letter-sorting machines have been removed from Pennsylvania mail facilities. “But to remove three machines that we need doesn’t make sense at this time when you’re going into your heaviest time of the year,” said Kim Miller, president of the Philadelphia-area local of the American Postal Workers Union.

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US Election 2020: Judge orders Postal Service to search centers for leftover ballots
4 years, 4 months ago

US Election 2020: Judge orders Postal Service to search centers for leftover ballots

India TV News  

A judge in Washington has ordered the US Postal Service to sweep more than two dozen mail processing facilities for delayed mail-in ballots and immediately dispatch them for delivery in election battlegrounds. US ELECTION 2020: FULL COVERAGE The order, which includes centers in central Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta, south Florida and parts of Wisconsin, comes after national delivery delays leading …

New York, Hawaii, New Jersey file new lawsuit challenging Postal Service changes
4 years, 7 months ago

New York, Hawaii, New Jersey file new lawsuit challenging Postal Service changes

CNN  

CNN — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday her office has filed a federal lawsuit challenging changes to US Postal Service operations ahead of the November election. “Yet, this time, these authoritarian actions are not only jeopardizing our democracy and fundamental right to vote, but the immediate health and financial well-being of Americans across the nation.” The suit …

2 mail-sorting machines dismantled in Maine, worker says
4 years, 7 months ago

2 mail-sorting machines dismantled in Maine, worker says

Associated Press  

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Two of 10 mail-sorting machines have been removed over the past two months from the U.S. Postal Service Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center, a postal worker says. President Donald Trump’s new postmaster general has come under public pressure and a crush of state lawsuits over operational changes that critics blame for widespread delivery delays. A Postal …

Post office machine removals spark election concerns, suit
4 years, 7 months ago

Post office machine removals spark election concerns, suit

Associated Press  

BOSTON — As mail voting takes center stage this election because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials in Massachusetts are voicing concern about the ability of the U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday he would suspend the controversial moves until after the election “to avoid even the appearance of impact on election mail.” But unionized postal workers in Massachusetts say …

Amid outcry, postmaster general to testify before House
4 years, 7 months ago

Amid outcry, postmaster general to testify before House

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Facing a public backlash over mail disruptions, the Trump administration scrambled to respond as the House prepared an emergency vote to halt delivery delays and service changes that Democrats warned could imperil the November election. “I have encouraged everybody: Speed up the mail, not slow the mail.” Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will testify next Monday before Congress, …

Postal workers concerned about delivering ballots on time
4 years, 7 months ago

Postal workers concerned about delivering ballots on time

Associated Press  

Postal Service is poised to play a central role in this year’s presidential elections, but some staffers are worried about the agency’s ability to deliver. “I’m very concerned as a postal worker that there could be delayed ballots because we’ve essentially been instructed to slow the mail down,” said Doug Brown, postal staffer and president of the American Postal Workers …

California to join legal challenge against Trump administration over USPS reductions
4 years, 7 months ago

California to join legal challenge against Trump administration over USPS reductions

LA Times  

“Our right to vote, your paycheck, your prescription medicines, you can’t get more serious than that. Gen. Xavier Becerra said he would join several other states in suing the Trump administration over the cutbacks, which the attorneys general said could interfere with mail-in voting. The reported removal of mail sorting machines and mailboxes, as well as reductions in overtime for …

Post Office warns states across US about mail voting
4 years, 7 months ago

Post Office warns states across US about mail voting

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. The post office is merely “asking elected officials and voters to realistically consider how the mail works, and be mindful of our delivery standards, in order to provide voters ample time to cast ballots through the mail,” wrote DeJoy, a prominent Trump political donor who was recently appointed. Postal Service is sufficiently prepared to fulfill.” Meanwhile, …

US Postal Service says mail ballots of presidential polls may not arrive in time for counting
4 years, 7 months ago

US Postal Service says mail ballots of presidential polls may not arrive in time for counting

Firstpost  

The warning comes amid a vigorous campaign by Trump to sow doubts about mail-in voting as he faces a difficult fight against Joe Biden Washington: The US Postal Service is warning states coast to coast that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, even if mailed by state …

USPS Removes Mailboxes, Shuts Down Letter-Sorting Machines As Mail-In Voting Looms
4 years, 7 months ago

USPS Removes Mailboxes, Shuts Down Letter-Sorting Machines As Mail-In Voting Looms

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Postal Service removed mail collection boxes in at least four states and is eliminating automatic letter-sorting machines that speed delivery ahead of an expected surge of mail-in ballots in the Nov. 3 elections. As the Postal Service began to dismantle its own process for speedy mail delivery, it sent a letter to 46 states warning …

Congress urges Postal Service to undo changes slowing mail
4 years, 7 months ago

Congress urges Postal Service to undo changes slowing mail

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both parties are calling on the U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday that changes imposed by the new, Republican postmaster general “threaten the timely delivery of mail — including medicines for seniors, paychecks for workers and absentee ballots for voters — that is essential to millions of Americans.’' In …

House Panel Calls New Postmaster General To Explain Mail Delays
4 years, 7 months ago

House Panel Calls New Postmaster General To Explain Mail Delays

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee has invited the new postmaster general to appear at a September hearing to examine operational changes at the U.S. “The Postal Service is in a financially unsustainable position, stemming from substantial declines in mail volume and a broken business model,″ DeJoy said in a statement last week. If postal distribution centers …

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