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Showing Original Post only (View all)Postal boxes are now being locked in California. [View all]
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Rex Chapman🏇🏼
@RexChapman
Burbank, California:
In your entire life have you ever seen a LOCKED mailbox at the USPS?
Now you have.
A disgrace and immediate threat to American democracy. Shame on them. Shame on the GOP.
Where are you @senatemajldr ?
@RexChapman
Burbank, California:
In your entire life have you ever seen a LOCKED mailbox at the USPS?
Now you have.
A disgrace and immediate threat to American democracy. Shame on them. Shame on the GOP.
Where are you @senatemajldr ?
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never have I ever seen a locked postal box. lived in big city, suburbs, boondocks not once nt
msongs
Aug 2020
#7
Just STOP it. This is real! Residents all over the country are documenting this
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#13
Like the 7,000 blue mailboxes that have been decommissioned PER YEAR since 1985, sorting machines
Hoyt
Aug 2020
#20
There are Union representatives and USPS employees documenting this all over the country,.
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#21
Once again telling us this is all hyped. I SO don't get you This PO in Burbank is ALSO locked down.
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#12
No. it is going on including removal all over the country. Are you intentionally trying to diminish
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#18
No. First, I'm tired of people diminishing confidence in the voting system, which causes
Hoyt
Aug 2020
#25
The Post Office is not going away. It's in the Constitution, for one thing. Second, last Stimulus
Hoyt
Aug 2020
#29
Apparently so. The inside of the PO are supposed to be open to allow access to interior boxes
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#41
It is going on for the first time in at least a decade at my local PO in Colorado so don't dare tell
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#17
Yes, two might have been removed, but others were left. Why? People aren't using the darn things
Hoyt
Aug 2020
#27
They were full and always have been full one hour before collection. This was five hours prior.
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#28
I'm assuming your state has Ballot Drop Boxes. Let me recommend the obvious -- use them.
Hoyt
Aug 2020
#30
Mail pickup stops around noon on Saturday. With no OT, many offices are likely closed on Saturday.
Blue_true
Aug 2020
#24
Why do people use these things, anyway? Doesn't every home/apartment have a dedicated mailbox?
Flaleftist
Aug 2020
#19
It is not limited to the ballot issue. These boxes provide a means for elderly, disabled, office
hlthe2b
Aug 2020
#23
Those red blockades on the drop boxes could use some "Make America Great Again" stickers
Blue Owl
Aug 2020
#35