If Joe wants to guarantee a win in November

[rateyes]

all he needs to do is get Louis DeJoy fired, and the mail moving on time again. Mailed a first class letter last Monday to the IRS office in Massachusetts from Georgia. Put tracking on it. The letter is still sitting in Atlanta.

[Silent Type]

1. First, he can't fire DeJoy even with new SC ruling. Second, mail balloting has worked perfectly in 2020,

and 2022.

I do get frustration. You think USPS is bad? I called the IRS 6 months ago, the answering machine said, "We can't answer your call now, we don't know when we can answer, and messages won't work."

[soldierant]

22. Now that is honesty in an answering machine.

[quakerboy]

25. That is technically true but misleading

The president cant fire dejoy. The USPS board of governors can though. and biden has picked most of them, and for some reason has not chosen to replace additional trump appointees with their own

There are 9 board members. Only 5 can be dems. Right now there are 3-3-1, with the three dems and both independents picked by the biden administration. There two vacancies, following trump appointees who each stayed a full year past their appointed terms without being replaced.

Which is to say that if replacing Dejoy was a priority to this administration, presumably the majority of Bidens appointees would be able to act on that today. Or last year. And if not.. he could appoint 2 more democrats tomorrow, which would have biden appointees filling 6 of 9 seats, democrats filling 5 of 9. Able to act on the matter.

Either the administration is dropping the ball, or the PO is not a priority, or they actually favor Dejoy for some reason

[FHRRK]

30. If it a big thing take it to your Rep

Mine took years and finally got settled.

Bad part was, got Jack shit from Katie Porters office when she was my Rep, did get solved when I got a different Rep, unfortunately a Repuke.

Partially a coincidence, but Porters office dropped me like a hot potato within days of the redistricting.

[Think. Again.]

2. The subprime court said...

...he could have dejoy kidnapped and held against his will, would that work?

[Progressive dog]

3. Just a short comment

No, USPS First-Class Mailing doesn’t provide a tracking feature for small-sized items like letters, postcards, and flats. Their machines handling these mailers cannot capture barcode information. It is the standard USPS mailing option ideal for sending these mailers. Millions of individuals use this service for its affordability. Managing and keeping tabs on thousands of mailpieces is hard for USPS.
No one has ever told me that first class letters can be tracked.
https://www.postgrid.com/does-usps-first-class-mail-have-tracking/

[Think. Again.]

4. By any chance is this inability to track thngs like mail-in ballots...

...due to the tens of thousands of postal service machines dejoy had dismantled, trashed, and not replaced?

[Progressive dog]

7. No, there is not any chance

The postal service machines are not capable of reading bar codes and so cannot track first class mail. Read the information at the link in my post.
If you've ever mailed first class letters, have you wondered why they didn't give you a link to track it?

[Think. Again.]

8. But were the machines that dejoy removed, dismantled, and trashed...

...capable of reading barcodes?

[Progressive dog]

10. Asking the same question again will not result in a different answer

If you have ever mailed a letter at the PO because you didn't have a stamp, you would know the answer to your question. You obviously have access to the internet so just look it up yourself. BTW The original OP was obviously false since the machines you posit as having been destroyed no longer exist.

[Think. Again.]

11. Are you okay? It might be me, but you don't seem to be making sense.

[Progressive dog]

13. Another comment

from you that has no relation to anything.

[Think. Again.]

14. Okay, I'll rephrase the only question I asked but did not get a clear answer to..., again...

We know that dejoy trashed millions of dollars of working machinary without replacing them.

And we know the postal service is stating that the postal service "doesn’t provide a tracking feature for small-sized items like letters, postcards, and flats" (those items would include mail-in ballots) and that for some reason "Their machines handling these mailers cannot capture barcode information".

My question is....

Were the machnes that dejoy discarded capable of handling those small-sized items with a tracking feature using barcode information?

Possible answers might include:

1) No, those discarded machines did not handle those small items.
2) No, those discarded machnes did not have barcode capabilities to track.
3) Yes, those discarded machines used to handle those small items with barcode capabilities to track.

[Progressive dog]

16. You had a clear answer, you apparently didn't understand it

The answer is number 2 as 2) No, those discarded machnes did not have barcode capabilities to track.
and the answer is available online too.

[Think. Again.]

17. Thank you! It was worth the effort.

[Think. Again.]

18. Uh oh... It seems you're wrong about that....

I'll just excerpt and give ya a link..

The machines USPS is removing from distribution centers can sort more than 36,000 pieces of mail per hour. Here's how they work.
Mary Meisenzahl Aug 15, 2020, 8:03 AM EDT
Source: Business Insider https://www.businessinsider.com/usps-mail-sorting-machines-how-they-work-in-photos-2020-8?op=1

The United States Postal Service has been deactivating mail-sorting machines around the US ahead of the surge expected from mail-in voting this fall, reports say.

Each machine can sort up to 36,000 pieces of mail per hour.

The machines sort letters, postcards, and other mail by bar code.

Full story at https://www.businessinsider.com/usps-mail-sorting-machines-how-they-work-in-photos-2020-8?op=1

[Progressive dog]

20. Doesn't mention tracking, does it?

Doesn't say they were all letter capable machines, does it?
Doesn't say they were somehow different from the machines they kept, does it?
Tracking Your First-Class Mail Delivery

Tracking your First-Class Mail delivery can help you stay informed on when your mail is expected to arrive, and can give you peace of mind knowing that your package or letter has been delivered. USPS offers several tracking options, including online tracking and text or email alerts.

It is important to note that not all First-Class Mail is eligible for tracking. For example, letters and postcards sent at the standard First-Class Mail rate cannot be tracked. However, packages and larger envelopes sent at the First-Class Mail rate are eligible for tracking. Additionally, USPS offers services such as Certified Mail and Registered Mail, which provide additional tracking and security features for important or valuable mail. Of course the Post Office must have forgotten how their machines work>
https://www.shipscience.com/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-usps-first-class-mail

[Think. Again.]

26. The postal service itself answers that question on their website...

And the answer seems to differ from your assertion that USPS can't track first class letters and flats...

The Intelligent Mail barcode is a 65-bar Postal Service™ barcode used to sort and track letters and flats. It allows mailers to use a single barcode to participate in multiple Postal Service programs simultaneously, expands mailers' ability to track individual mailpieces, and provides greater mail stream visibility.

Source: https://postalpro.usps.com/mailing/intelligent-mail-barcode

[Progressive dog]

28. Yes it does. Where in that does it say

that first class letters can be tracked, which was what you disagreed with and the original poster had a chance to dispute too. He didn't. Why do you suppose that would be, if he were right? I don't really want you to answer, I already know.
I apologize for not explaining that letter machines can't read the bar code used for tracking. I've come to realize that you needed help understanding.

[Think. Again.]

29. Nah, I didn't disagree with the letters thing...

...I was clear that my concern was about mail-in ballots which I believe in most states are in the form of what the USPS calls "flats", which are clearly explained as being barcodable and trackable in the excerpt I provided.

Pardon me if I get off track for a moment, but it seems very important to you to give the impression that it is impossible to track certain items and that this has nothing to do with the unexplained destruction of millions of dollars worth of USPS property by dejoy.

Is there a reason that you want people to believe that?

[Progressive dog]

31. The truth is very important to me

[Think. Again.]

32. Well you're doing great! Just keep working at it! You'll get there!

[SocialDemocrat61]

9. I've been voting by mail since Covid

And you’re right USPS doesn’t track but the elections department will track when it’s delivered to them and so on.

[Progressive dog]

12. Right

The PO can track packages. With letters you can pay to receive notice of delivery but not to tell you where it is before then.

[rateyes]

34. I just paid for tracking.

[rateyes]

33. I paid money to put tracking on it.

[pwb]

5. I just got a personal hand written letter from Kansas

it took 4 days to New York. Not bad but it use to be 3 days anywhere in the U.S.

[Rebl2]

6. Sounds familiar

I have seen this problem myself in a totally different part of the country and so has my sister in CA.

[RainCaster]

15. Every package from Amazon that has arrived late (or never) came from the USPS

So far this year, there is a 4 in 27 chance that my package will arrive on time. Fuck Fire DeJoy.

[NNadir]

19. We have noticed the degeneration of mail service since this creep was installed. We've also had mail stolen...

...and fraudulent checks washed. (Fortunately my bank caught it.)

[634-5789]

21. Agreed, but don't the post board have to vote him out or can Joe just can his ass?

[live love laugh]

23. And Republicans LIKE mail-in voting now all of a sudden.

Another 180:

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-absentee-mail-voting/

Former President Donald Trump announced a major change in a long-held position, and it's one that could boost his numbers at the ballot box this fall.

With little fanfare, in a post on Truth Social last Friday evening, Trump urged supporters to use early and absentee voting methods.

"ABSENTEE VOTING, EARLY VOTING, AND ELECTION DAY VOTING ARE ALL GOOD OPTIONS. REPUBLICANS MUST MAKE A PLAN, REGISTER, AND VOTE!" Trump wrote.

[NGeorgian]

24. I send my 1040es to Charlotte from Georgia**

!

[GiqueCee]

27. Okay, Joe cannot fire DeJoy...

... but the Board of Governors certainly can, and the Board is majority Democrats, most appointed by Biden. It's LONG past time for Joe to take the ne'er-do-wells to the woodshed for a come-to-Jesus moment. DeJoy is a destructive sociopath with blatant conflicts of interest. But then, he's a fuckin' Republican, so whaddya expect?