You can watch the next meeting of the Postal Board of Governors this Tuesday, 4 p.m. ET live.
https://about.usps.com/who/leadership/board-governors/briefings/welcome.htm
Most of Biden's appointees were confirmed after the May 5 board meeting. (Just one was appointed during his first year, Stroman, who had also served under Obama.) This will be the first board meeting with all of Biden's appointees.
Here's the current makeup and alignment of the BoD:
~PG Louis DeJoy, Appointed by the Governors of the Postal Service, DeJoy began his tenure as Postmaster General in June 2020
~DPMG Douglas Tulino (Appointed by DeJoy and the other board members), current Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Human Resources Officer (Appointed to the position May, 2021 – Labor relations and HR background) - assume to be an R vote
~Roman Martinez IV – R, 2024 (Chair) (Trump appointee)
• Anton G. Hajjar – D, 2023 (Biden appointee, unfinished term)
~Robert M. Duncan – R, 2025 (Trump appointee)
¿? • Derek Kan, D, 2028 - (Biden appointee, confirmed May 12, 2022)-But may be an R, worked for McConnell and his wife.
• Amber F. McReynolds – I, 2026 - National expert in ballot tracking and voting by mail, appointed by Biden, confirmed May 13, 2022
¿? Donald L. Moak – D, 2022 (Trump appointee)
• Ron A. Stroman – D, 2028 (Biden appointee, confirmed to unfinished term, then reconfirmed to full one May 12, 2022, previous Obama DPMG 2011-2020)
• Dan Tangherlini – D, 2027 (Biden appointee, confirmed May 12, 2022)
~William D. Zollars – R, 2022 (Trump appointee, confirmed June 2020 unfinished term)
Governors serve for staggered seven-year terms, that end on Dec. 8. But they can continue serving until their successor is appointed and approved. The GM serves on the board but has an indefinite term-length.
The nine governors select the Postmaster General, who becomes a member of the Board, and those 10 select the Deputy Postmaster General, who also serves on the Board. The Postmaster General serves at the pleasure of the governors for an indefinite term and the Deputy Postmaster General serves at the pleasure of the governors and the Postmaster General.
I expect any vote on DeJoy to be close. Moak is a Dem, but appointed by Trump and has been very quiet. So his opinions aren't known. Supposedly Kan is a Dem but he's got ties to Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao. There are 4 Biden/pro-democracy votes. But McReynolds is likely to be concerned about any ill effects of a change on the mail ballot process.
There are 3 or 4 sure Republican votes (4 if the DPMG can vote in this matter).
I would anticipate that DeJoy isn't allowed to vote on the matter.
Moak and Kan are wild cards but may not vote to remove DeJoy.
I'm on tenterhooks for that meeting.
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