President Trump has escalated his war on the U.S. Postal Service. Here's what you need to know — and what you can do about it
The postal service was struggling even without the added weight of the election. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images On Thursday, President Trump escalated his war on the U.S. Postal Service, which has already been struggling to meet elevated needs under the tightened constraints of a deadly pandemic. Appearing on Fox Business, the president confirmed his plans to starve the USPS of $25 billion in sorely needed funding that Democrats had pitched as part of coronavirus relief negotiations.
Amid Trump’s constant criticism of the public service, reports have begun to emerge of mail-sorting machines mysteriously disappearing from post offices, and photos have begun circulating online of USPS trucks removing mailboxes in Manhattan, Portland, and Eugene, Oregon.
Which means it’s time to call your representatives Unfortunately, though, Congress is currently on an ill-timed August recess, to return in September. The House has written DeJoy a strongly worded letter and scheduled a hearing with him for September 17. But as Slate points out, the election is 81 days aways, while the hearing date “is [a] five full weeks from now. Nearly half the margin of time between now and Election Day will have been lost by then.
Familiarize yourself with the deadlines in your state Do your research early: One of the concerns about inundating an already-ailing postal service with a huge crush of ballots is that their delivery could get delayed, and ultimately, that lost or waylaid ballots may not be counted. With that in mind, familiarize yourself with your state’s deadlines well ahead of time to help spread out the influx and avoid a bottleneck on election day.
Get involved with an organization working against voter suppression Again, what Trump is proposing looks uncannily like voter suppression. There are a number of organizations that were already working to thwart obstructive tactics on the ground, even before the war on USPS began.
• Common Cause, an organization that works to expand voting rights, combat gerrymandering, and in a pandemic, make sure everyone still has access to the ballot box.
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