U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, at the center of a controversy over mail-in voting ahead of the November presidential election, will testify before a Senate panel on Friday amid a growing outcry over service cuts at the Postal Service, officials said on Tuesday.
United States Postal Service mailboxes are stacked in a storage lot of a sandblasting and painting company in Hartford, Wisconsin, U.S., August 16, 2020. People who live nearby said the pile had grown noticeably larger in recent weeks. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Democrats and other critics have accused Trump of trying to hobble the Postal Service to suppress mail-in voting as he trails Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Democrats have raised concerns that Postal Service cost cutting could lead to missed or delayed ballots. They have pointed to reductions in overtime, restrictions on extra mail transportation trips and new mail sorting and delivery policies as changes that threaten to slow mail delivery.
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