With Election Day only 7 days off, officials warn that any ballots mailed after Oct. 27 night not be received in time to count.
U.S. Postal Service
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USPS on-time performance dips again as millions prepare to mail 2020 ballots
The Postal Service is preparing to deploy extra personnel and transportation and processing resources in expectation of an influx of ballots.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: A healthy U.S. Postal Service is critical to our democracy
Voters need the Senate to join the House in acting on legislation that will ensure timely delivery of ballots.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Postal workers quietly resist postmaster’s changes, with eye on election
Some of the agency’s 630,000 workers say they feel a responsibility to counteract cost-cutting changes from their new boss that they blame for the mail slowdowns.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Another judge joins those ordering Postal Service to end cuts that delay mail
The Maine attorney general was among those joining Pennsylvania in the lawsuit.
Posted inNation & World
Judge: Postal Service must process election mail on time
Last week, another judge said 14 states made a ‘strong showing’ that the Trump administration was using the Postal Service ‘as a tool in partisan politics.’
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EBay moving away from Postal Service because of mail delays
The online auction site is a massive customer for the agency, its second-largest retail customer, after Amazon.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
DeJoy’s Postal Service policies delayed 350 million pieces of first-class mail, Senate report says
In the five weeks during which Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s controversial midsummer operational directives were in effect, 7% of first-class mail was delayed.
Posted inNation & World
Employee contributions fueled postal chief’s rise as GOP fundraiser, former workers say
The money would later be reimbursed through bonuses, they said – an arrangement that would be unlawful.
Posted inNation & World
Postal chief Louis DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars
His name was added to a list of contenders by a U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors member acting on behalf on a former Republican National Committee chairman.