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. @j_remy_green dropping so much knowledge on the history of the #USPS. Knowing the history and case law makes what is happening now even more tragic. Lets discuss the current sabotage of the #USPS inflicted by Trump. Count by count. The Champ is here. 
@MondaireJones @Biaggi4NY https://twitter.com/j_remy_green/status/1295495820905717760
@MondaireJones @Biaggi4NY https://twitter.com/j_remy_green/status/1295495820905717760
The #USPS has instituted dramatic and profound changes in how it approaches its mail service commitments and has fundamentally changed the rules of how mail voting works. Its a little exhausting to go through them here we go @PreetBharara @ZephyrTeachout @tribelaw @JeffreyToobin
#USPS will, going forward, categorically forbid all overtime, and strictly curtail all other measures used to ameliorate staffing shortages. Just when we need employees to work more! Just in time for November!
#USPS letter carriers are forbidden to use more than four âpark pointsâ (where a letter carrier parks a truck, delivers some amount of mail on foot, and then returns to the truck) on their routes. As if our postal carriers didn't walk enough already!
A memo from Postmaster DeJoy detailed some of the changes in policy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/
In a second memo USPS detailed further changes and their effects. https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/internal-usps-document-tells-employees-to-leave-mail-at-distribution-centers/175dd1ae-e202-4777-877c-33442338d1cc/?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_14
In a second memo USPS detailed further changes and their effects. https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/internal-usps-document-tells-employees-to-leave-mail-at-distribution-centers/175dd1ae-e202-4777-877c-33442338d1cc/?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_14
Getting back to carriers, extra trips are no longer authorized or accepted and âCarriers must ⊠return [from mail routes] on time,â even if they have not yet fully completed their deliveries for the day. Let the postal carriers do their job! @maddow @chrislhayes
The #USPS rolled out a program called âExpedited to Street/Afternoon Sortation,â which prohibits letter carriers from sorting any mail in their offices before they go. Sorting election mail from other mail is HUGELY important to make sure it's handled correctly w/o consequences
#USPS has, without explanation or reason, removed or destroyed at least 671 sorting machines across the country since June. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/usps-states-delayed-mail-in-ballots/2020/08/14/64bf3c3c-dcc7-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html
Yes you read that correctly. Let that sink in. @meenaharris @MichelleObama @Grace4NY @AOC
Yes you read that correctly. Let that sink in. @meenaharris @MichelleObama @Grace4NY @AOC
All of this slowdown and sabotage is difficult for #USPS employees to see. In @em4assembly case, we heard testimony from USPS describing how NY Post Office runs all mail received in a day, and doesnât stop running until all mail for the night is processed. That will now change.
In none of these memos has DeJoy explained either (1) why this change in policy must happen right before the General Election or (2) how these measures will even result in actual cost savings. Nor does any administrative cost ever justify such a severe burden on voting.
. @USPS is and has long been a central and relied-upon part of how state and local officials administer elections. The employees of USPS are dedicated public servants that take pride in their duty to the American people. Employees and the union have been very upset by all of this.
