Judge Sullivan is preparing to issue an order for OIG inspectors to sweep USPS processing facilities

[Nevilledog]

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Megan Mineiro
@MMineiro_CNS
Judge Sullivan is preparing to issue an order for OIG inspectors to sweep USPS processing facilities today that had low processing scores for ballots delivered yesterday -- including in Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania -- to make sure no mail-in ballots are left behind.
10:01 AM · Nov 3, 2020

UPDATE

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John Kruzel
@johnkruzel
BREAKING: U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan orders USPS to sweep facilities for remaining mail ballots and immediately send them for delivery

[soothsayer]

1. Better hurry it up

[MustLoveBeagles]

6. +1

[wryter2000]

21. Usually, when a judge orders something

people jump. If they send in a bunch of people, they can find the ballots still in the post office and get them to the polls.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Good! That judge is on the ball. n/t

[liberalgunwilltravel]

40. DeJoy's Passport

Maybe the FBI should think about flagging DeJoy's passport. He may be planning an "emergency" trip to a postal location with no extradition agreements with the US.

[ShazzieB]

51. I like to call him NoJoy

NoJoy deserves to go to jail for his crimes of voter suppression and mail tampering. (Who the hell knows if he ever will; but boy, does he deserve to.)

[RKP5637]

3. Excellent!!! Great to hear!!! n/t

[ooky]

4. Been waiting on that order. Now I'll be waiting on the legal challenges from Trump and Dejoy.

[pandr32]

5. That's great news!

I hope there will not be any trouble.

[brush]

7. Uh-oh. I feel charges in the offing for DeJoy.

Well deserved. His and trump's was just the latest attempt by the repugs to break the Post Office and get that business to their client donors—UPS, FEDEX, DHL etc.

[RKP5637]

11. Once his master is gone, he'll likely be hanging out there by himself! n/t

[AdamGG]

43. Hopefully, once the master is out of office, he'll be hanging too

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. They hate UPS because ... UNION.

[Wellstone ruled]

20. You nailed the real truth

about what the real story is. Another point is,DeJoy and his Pals are wanting the Postal Pension Funds that are some where north of 75 billion earning T-Bill Rates.

Watched this same Crew destroy Trucking Companies on their way to Hijack the Post office. BTW,most of the Postal Workers do vote Dem.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. Both USPS and UPS are union ...

GOP has been using their propaganda machine and government power to wage war against unions since at least Rotten Ronnie. GOP owners demand this.

[Wellstone ruled]

27. UPS is our Teamsters largest

contingent of members. And yes,Ray-Gun just continued what Nixon started. Sorry to say,the real killer to unions came with the death of the ICC. And the Rethugs just kept on trying to kill us off via Legislation.

[brush]

31. Sorry to include UPS with the others. I'm an old union man myself.

I will edit my OP.

I do know the repugs covet all the business that the USPS does. Billions.

[LiberalArkie]

29. None of the private carriers - UPS, FEDEX etc want anything to happen to USPS. They like it like it

is. If anyone took over USPS, then they would have to visit every mailbox nation to see if there is any outgoing mail.

They don't want to do that.

[brush]

34. You have a point about that. They can't cover every address in the nation.

The repugs do want to kill the USPS though. They've been trying to for years.

The parcel services just want the juicy, profitable parts of the business, not the “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night..." part.

[LiberalArkie]

37. I think it was one of those early "sounded good at the time" ideas. But since the USPS positioned

itself as the last mile delivery agent for a lot less money that the UPS, FEDEX can, then the carriers are happy. USPS is hurting now because the airlines are not flying often. USPS was shipping mail and packages in the empty cargo spaces for very little money. So Amazon and others could ship faster and cheaper via the USPS.

Even now, if Amazon is shipping to me from thew Chicago or Tyler Texas ago, I do not select next day as it will be to me faster if I select regular. A package would ship from Rockford, Ill. It would head south to I-40. It would land in Conway, AR at night and I would get it in the morning. If shipping from Tyler, it would head up I-30 and land in Little Rock and I would get it next day. If I placed the order early in the morning and it was shipping from Houston area. Next day also.


Logistics is fun and the private carriers know it works find like it is.

[radius777]

8. This judge is a patriot.

Without him there would be little standing in the way of DeJoy's sabotage.

[Owl]

9. Great news! But please hurry!

[lindysalsagal]

10. The judges are saving democracy.

He doesn't own them all.

[RKP5637]

12. K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[judesedit]

13. Awesome. Thank you

[AmericanCanuck]

14. Thank you Judge Sullivan

[gab13by13]

16. I don't know about the other states,

but I assume they are the same as Pa. I sent in my ballot USPS on Oct. 13th and was able to track it from texting "Where's My Ballot?"

I made sure my county election office got my ballot. People who mailed their ballots should be able to track them to see if they were delivered. If they weren't delivered start making some phone calls.

[SWBTATTReg]

17. I hope that this judge follows up on who caused this whole mess to begin with, and encourages that

the powers that be (now or soon to be) file charges against everyone of these thugs who attempted to steal or discard our votes.

[mopinko]

18. reminder- this is the judge that called flynn a traitor.

[Raster]

22. love. this. judge.

[wryter2000]

19. Bless Judge Sullivan

Put him on the Supreme Court.

[not fooled]

30. That's a great idea!

Someone who actually believes in what America should stand for.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

23. This is very good news for Democracy.

nt

[CaptainTruth]

25. No Ballot Left Behind!

[BobTheSubgenius]

26. Good for him!

Any ballots left behind now are evidence of malfeasance, in my opinion. I really hope for consequences.

[triron]

28. knr

[democrank]

32. Kicking for Judge Sullivan.

[Aristus]

33. If they find GOP operatives out behind the post offices tossing ballots onto a bonfire,

there had better be hell to pay...

[Joinfortmill]

35. Judge Sullivan is an American hero.

[BadgerMom]

36. I have become an Emmett Sullivan fangirl!

[Miigwech]

38. Better check all the trucks cause they send that mail all over the place.

[liberalla]

39. Thank you Judge Sullivan! I really mean that sincerely!

[SheltieLover]

41. Thank you, Judge Sullivan!

[spanone]

42. K&R

[Pacifist Patriot]

44. Sullivan deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom

[Cha]

46. YES!

[Cha]

45. WOW! How'd We Get So LUCKY!!! Rt!

[garybeck]

47. I don't want to pop your bubble but....

if there are missing ballots that didn't get delivered, they're probably not sitting in a pile in a post office somewhere. It's much more likely that they're in a dumbster or have been turned to ashes by now.

[yodermon]

48. ...AANND the USPS *DISREGARDS* that court order:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/03/election-ballot-delays-usps/

USPS disregards court order to conduct sweeps in 12 postal districts after more than 300,000 ballots can’t be traced

The U.S. Postal Service turned down a federal judge’s order late Tuesday afternoon to sweep mail processing facilities serving 15 states, saying instead it would stick to its own inspection schedule. The court order came after the agency disclosed that more than 300,000 ballots nationwide could not be traced.

[crickets]

50. There have been other developments since.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214431040
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214430144

[live love laugh]

49. Did Sullivan specifically order Dejoy? Sounds like he put the responsibility

on the OIG or inspectors when it should have been laid at Dejoy’s feet.