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turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 10:15 AM Aug 2020

Postal Service emerges as flash point heading into election

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and MATTHEW DALY
2 hours ago


https://apnews.com/fadfb69ba83bf83875fee42ce323a27c/gallery/e425d96d2bdf40bdb4390cfdda093422


WASHINGTON (AP) — Mail piling up. Constant attacks from the president. Cuts to overtime as record numbers of ballots are expected to pass through post offices this fall.

The success of the 2020 presidential election could hinge on a most unlikely government agency: the U.S. Postal Service. Current signs are not promising.

The Postal Service already was facing questions over how it would handle the expected spike of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic, but several operational changes imposed by its new leader have led to mail backlogs across the United States as rumors of additional cutbacks swirl, fueling worries about the November vote.

“It seems like they’re just trying to turn customers away from the post office,” said Jim Sizemore, president of the American Postal Workers Union chapter in the Cincinnati region. He said his offices are behind on deliveries because of new rules specifying when mail can go out.

https://apnews.com/fadfb69ba83bf83875fee42ce323a27c

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Postal Service emerges as flash point heading into election (Original Post) turbinetree Aug 2020 OP
Social Security will top that as the highest priority. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2020 #1
Yepper spot on................ turbinetree Aug 2020 #2
They can handle a bazillion Christmas cards luv2fly Aug 2020 #3
Yepper spot on................ turbinetree Aug 2020 #4
Trump is trying to divide Americans culturally and economically. Baked Potato Aug 2020 #5

Ferrets are Cool

(21,063 posts)
1. Social Security will top that as the highest priority.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 10:24 AM
Aug 2020

This had BETTER be the largest gift to Democrats in like......forever????

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
5. Trump is trying to divide Americans culturally and economically.
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 01:48 PM
Aug 2020

Joe can promise to save the USPS and SS. Those are older institutions that must be shown to be important to younger folks too. Trump has Miller in his ear telling him how to divide us.

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