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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums18 US Code Section 1701 et seq.
makes intentional delay or obstruction of the U.S. mail by any person a FEDERAL CRIME
link to article
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/13/1968935/-Immediate-Remedy-For-USPS-Sabotage
Response to vapor2 (Original post)
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Hekate
(90,645 posts)I tried telling people that back when this began, but unlike you I could not cite chapter and verse. I appreciate the info.
Kicking
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Chump's new postmaster is a logistics expert! He knows full well what hes doing! Lock him up!
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)people are shopping more on-line.
We need to figure out how best to get ballots in on time order early, use drop boxes where available, return early, etc. or show up at polls, depending on local circumstances.
We lose relying on 18 US Code Section 1701, and similar BS.
dweller
(23,628 posts)and i learned early, no had it ingrained in me, interfering with the US MAIL IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE ..
like when i was a teen and yahoo's were out riding about with baseball bats whacking residential rural mailboxes (yeh this was a thing in my day) IT IS A FEDERAL CRIME...
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marybourg
(12,620 posts)are not among the class of persons covered by that statute. The remedy lies elswhere.