Major USPS Changes Could Hamper Vote-By-Mail At The Worst Possible Time

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/usps-delays-elections-vote-by-mail-worries

By Tierney Sneed

July 17, 2020 10:53 a.m.


Excerpt:

In interviews with TPM, election officials, vote-by-mail experts, and mail vendors outlined ways the proposed changes negatively impact the vote-by-mail process, which is being adopted in record numbers across the country amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

They provided several scenarios in which the refusal to let USPS employees work overtime — the main driver of the changes being described — could lead to voters being disenfranchised.

“It’s really a concern. The Trump administration is looking at the Post Office as a business. It’s not a business, it’s a critical public service,” Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos told TPM.

Making The System ‘Susceptible To Issues’

Internal documents reported by the Washington Post describe a new culture being ushered where, in an effort to cut costs, overtime work would be vehemently discouraged. This means employees should leave mail behind if continuing to process those pieces would put them behind their schedule for deliveries.

[soothsayer]

1. Ya think

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Of course, that is the point of the changes eh?

[grumpyduck]

3. Okay, Dems in Congress, time to jump in!

[dalton99a]

4. There should be House hearings ASAP.

[2naSalit]

5. The whole point of the

pissing and moaning and replacement of the Post Mater Gen. By design are they trying to upend the election by fucking with the USPS.

[chia]

6. Intentional.

[Thekaspervote]

7. We should be prepared to mask up and vote in person if need be!