USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show

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From https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/politics/usps-removed-711-sorting-machines/index.html

USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show

By Kristen Holmes and Paul P. Murphy, CNN
Updated 8:08 PM ET, Wed September 9, 2020

CNN)The United States Postal Service removed 711 mail-sorting machines from postal facilities -- the highest level in at least four years -- according to new court testimony from top-ranking agency officials.

In written testimony and documents submitted Wednesday to a federal court in New York, the postal service's director of processing operation disclosed the high number of removals, which is the most that occurred in one year of President Donald Trump's tenure and roughly double the machines USPS typically removes in a given year.

Many postal service employees confirmed that the removal of outdated machines was routine, but raised concerns of doing so in an election year where millions of Americans are expected to vote by mail.

The numbers in the court papers, provided by USPS official Jason DeChambeau, show this is the most machines removed since fiscal year 2016. The Postal Service removed an average of approximately 388 machines from facilities per year from 2015 through 2019.

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[live love laugh]

1. That's a reduction of sorting capacity by 25 million pieces per hour.

That’s ridiculous!

[Cicada]

2. My mail no longer goes thru a sorting machine

I get an email each morning showing images of the mail I will get. It’s a free service. The sorting machines scan the envelopes and sends me copies. How the Sorting machine can correctly read the address at such incredible speed is hard to understand. But now I get nothing.

[empedocles]

3. Flagrant criminal sabotage

[Duppers]

4. K & R

[sinkingfeeling]

5. DeJoy should have to personally pay to replace all of them.

[2naSalit]

6. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++!!!

[kacekwl]

7. No extra money to the post office.

Begin not to gather all the evidence who is responsible for the destruction and removal of the machines. Then after the election prosecution of these people should begin and when found gulity they should be forced to pay for these machines along with prison time. Make them actually pay for their crimes.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. K&R