The USPS asked a group of federal judges to clarify, and possibly reconsider, rulings related to election mail delivery procedures in a recent court filing.
After widespread public outcry and significant pushback from government officials, DeJoy announced in mid-August the USPS would halt further changes until after Election Day. A handful of federal judges effected court-ordered regulations on Postal Service procedures related to election mail over the subsequent weeks.
The Postal Service asked courts to provide more detailed guidance regarding when it is appropriate to permit late trips, and when it is not. The agency acknowledged the courts' desire to prevent postal trucks from leaving any election mail behind before proceeding along designated routes, but said fully committing to policies that ensure that could create more significant issues.
"For example, if trucks are held at a processing and distribution center in order to wait for additional mail, this delay could cause the mail trucks to 'arrive to an air transportation center too late to meet the scheduled departure time of the flight,' and thus would delay all of the mail on that truck," the Postal Service said in its Monday filing.
A United States Postal Service struck is pictured in Lafayette, California, on September 17. The agency requested that federal judges clarify or reconsider recent rulings related to election mail delivery processes in new court documents."Managers therefore require a certain amount of discretion to make operational decisions about when to permit late and extra trips in order to maximize timely mail transportation and delivery operations," it added.
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