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Disturbing" memo reveals Trump's USPS chief has slowed delivery amid calls to expand voting by mail The people in power are trying to keep voter turnout low," MJ Hegar, newly-minted Senate candidate in Texas, says
ROGER SOLLENBERGER at Salon
https://www.salon.com/2020/07/15/disturbing-memo-reveals-trumps-usps-chief-has-slowed-delivery-amid-calls-to-expand-voting-by-mail/
JULY 15, 2020 9:57PM (UTC)
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a top Trump donor who has given more than $2 million to the GOP, warned employees that the agency needed to make "difficult" decisions to stay afloat, according to a new report in The Washington Post.
"If the plants run late, they will keep the mail for the next day," one guideline says, according to a document obtained by The Washington Post and verified by the American Postal Workers Union.
Carriers do not typically leave mail behind, often making multiple trips under heavy loads to get letters and packages to marked recipients as soon as possible.
Experts who reviewed the internal document, titled "New PMG's [Postmaster General's] expectations and plan," said it presented "a stark reimagining of the USPS," which could alienate customers. If the agency increases package delivery rates, which has the support of the administration, competing private companies could smell blood and throw new weight behind smothering the agency.
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Nevilledog
(51,241 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,695 posts)Seems like this should be a domain of Congress.