Top Trump administration officials, including the president himself, have been attacking mail-in voting and threatening to drag down the US Postal Service right before the 2020 election. Tell the Senate to save the Postal Service!
So many people depend on the Postal Service right now for their mail, medicine, and unemployment and relief checks. Without reliable mail delivery, people wouldn't be able to stay at home safely during this pandemic. Yet even this popular and vital institution is not safe from this administration's incompetence and meddling. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin held up much-needed loans until the Postal Service agreed to terms that could raise prices.
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Then, Louis DeJoy -- the new postmaster general, a major donor with no postal experience -- created days-long backlogs by restricting overtime and removing hundreds of mailboxes and sorting machines. Even after backing down on further changes, he has refused to promise to undo the problems he already created.
34 states require that any mailed ballot be received by Election Day in order to be counted, not just postmarked. Any delay in mail delivery is a disaster-in-waiting as the election approaches! All this is happening as the Postal Service is facing its own financial crisis -- in fact, the Postal Service is predicting that it will run out of money in 2021.
Postal workers are essential workers, putting their health on the line to ensure our mail is delivered in a timely manner during the pandemic. Mail carriers should be protected, not politicized.
Act now and demand your senators to ensure that the Postal Service is fully funded and operational through the election and pandemic!