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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy sister called yesterday. A relative told her huge blocks of zip codes missing when the mail was
sorted. They work for the post office. This has never happened before. Call your elected congress person or Senator. Make them pay in November.
Blues Heron
(5,931 posts)so what were the missing numbers?
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)They are slowing the mail down in order to affect the election...Georgia is in play remember.
Blues Heron
(5,931 posts)how huge were the blocks
cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)I am sure they have the zip codes, right? They need to report which zip codes were missing and report them to the FBI and also the USPS Whistleblowers hotline.
This link goes directly to the Office of the Inspector General for the USPS.
https://www.uspsoig.gov/form/whistleblower-complaint-form
Local FBI Field Offices
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)zip codes had no mail...makes you go hmmmm...
ancianita
(36,017 posts)Not just to the FBI. Mail tampering by person or programmed machine is a federal crime.
We need to help publicize this crime.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)ancianita
(36,017 posts)Pretty sure that if anyone in any ZIP codes complains to the FBI, Barr can't stop them from doing their constitutional duty.
FM123
(10,053 posts)How odd to have entire blocks of zip codes go missing. While my first thought would be that someone was careless or dropped the ball in some way - now that we have Trump's lapdog DeJoy conveniently installed, we can not rule out something more shady. From top to bottom, shady is the republican way.
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)My sister.
tavernier
(12,375 posts)Is that allowed? I mean I know anything is allowed for Trump to do but will Joe have the same privileges?
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)Texin
(2,594 posts)I was hearing late last week or into the weekend that this has recently become a big problem. Where are these missing zip codes? Are they primarily in rural areas or in poorer areas within large metropolitan cities with large black and brown populations in a wide centralized area. For example, I live in Dallas, and I would describe a couple of them as South Oak Cliff and Old East Dallas, running down into Mesquite-Seagoville, though the AA and Hispanic population is widely dispersed throughout the city of Dallas generally.
I think there needs to be a Congressional investigation into this posthaste. It sounds to me like they may have targeted certain areas to purge mail delivery to specifically targeted communities much like they've strategically targeted voter purges.
ancianita
(36,017 posts)Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)People depend on mail for prescriptions.
MontanaMama
(23,302 posts)but I can definitely say mail is taking longer that it has in the past. I was expecting a small package (under a pound) that was mailed from Oregon to me here in western MT and it took 10 days to get here. Further, there are days when we get no mail at all at our business. That has never happened in 30 years in business at our current location. We will go 2 and 3 days at a stretch with no mail.
womanofthehills
(8,688 posts)Its going to a town in my same state - about 2 hrs away. The post master says it could take 4 days. So, why would anyone ever use Priority Mail?
Lonestarblue
(9,963 posts)Two or three days a week now, I have no mail. Sometimes the next days mail has more pieces, but often its still just a few pieces. Makes me wonder if some is missing. Much of it is either political or charitable solicitations, but I havent yet received my utility bill for last month. Fortunately, I pay most of my bills online, but what happens to people who cant do that?
For the lawyers among us, what is the legal recourse to stop this and who needs to initiate it?
cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)I am sure they have the zip codes, right? They need to report which zip codes were missing and report them to the FBI and also the USPS Whistleblowers hotline.
This link goes directly to the Office of the Inspector General for the USPS.
https://www.uspsoig.gov/form/whistleblower-complaint-form
Local FBI Field Offices
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices
ancianita
(36,017 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,123 posts)perhaps a few put that pile to the back of the line, or it lacks first priority compared to other mail the next day
Sugarcoated
(7,722 posts)ancianita
(36,017 posts)RestoreAmerica2020
(3,435 posts)...that when I'm [Biden] president--anyone tampering with U.S. mail, committing fraud-- will be procecuted to full extent of the law and that means YOU donthecon and your lackeys!