Federal Judge Blocks Postal Services Changes That Could Hamper Election Mail

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 05: A United States Postal Service (USPS) mail box stands in Manhattan on August 05, 2020 in New York City. The United States Postal Service (USPS), the nation’s national mail carrier se... NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 05: A United States Postal Service (USPS) mail box stands in Manhattan on August 05, 2020 in New York City. The United States Postal Service (USPS), the nation’s national mail carrier service, is under increased scrutiny from politicians who are warning that the agency is not prepared to handle the tens of millions of mail-in ballots which are expected to be sent for the November election. President Trump in recent weeks has called the Postal Service "a joke" as the agency is experiences delays in mail delivery due to the coronavirus pandemic and financial pressures. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A U.S. judge has blocked Postal Service changes that slowed mail and prompted concerns about absentee voting.

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  1. Great news!

    Now if we can just find a Postmaster General with the slightest interest in following a court order.

  2. Covid Death Rate = 4%

    • GOP: ”Open up the schools!”

    Vote-By-Mail Fraud Rate = 0.0025%

    • GOP: ”Shut down the post office!”

    (h/t Nick Jack Pappas)

  3. Judge Stanley Bastian, Obama appointee. Now on to the appellate court! Or maybe not, since it’s unlikely that court would do anything before Nov 3rd.

  4. If only the judge could get them to reinstall all the mail-sorting equipment DeJoy had them dismantle. (The sorting equipment was for “flats”…what we all call letters. You know, stuff that looks like “ballots”. The sorting equipment wasn’t for boxes.) For all the claims of missing pieces during reassembly, just remove them from DeJoy’s hide.

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