Second judge rules against USPS, says election mail must be prioritized

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(CNN)The US Postal Service must prioritize election mail and reverse some key policy changes imposed by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a federal judge ruled on Monday, saying that "managerial failures" at the agency undermined the public's faith in mail-in voting.

US District Judge Victor Marrero in New York's Southern District became the second federal judge to side against USPS in the past week. A judge in Washington state ordered many similar changes on Friday and blasted the Trump administration for what he called a "politically motivated attack" on USPS.

In the Monday ruling, Marrero said USPS will be required to treat all election mail as first-class mail or priority mail express, and that USPS will need to "pre-approve" all overtime requests for the two weeks surrounding Election Day, to make sure absentee ballots are processed properly.

"The right to vote is too vital a value in our democracy to be left in a state of suspense in the minds of voters weeks before a presidential election, raising doubts as to whether their votes will ultimately be counted," Marrero wrote.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/politics/judge-usps-ruling-sdny/index.html

[intrepidity]

1. I wish it said "DeJoy" in place of "USPS" nt

[MiniMe]

3. USPS is better

That way the ruling will be there against the USPS even if DeJoy isn't at the Post Office

[texasfiddler]

2. This is against DeJoy not the USPS.

[Sherman A1]

4. And I suspect it will be ignored

just like the first one will be.