Houston Democrats to USPS leaders: Why are dozens of post offices rejecting voter materials?
A worker at Eastwood Post Office said when asked for a voter registration application Wednesday that she had been instructed not to distribute the forms.
Until this week the Harris County voter registrar’s website listed post offices among the places to pick up registration materials, but it no longer suggests them since many post offices in the region are not offering the forms or have said they would only give them out upon request.
In the final weeks of registration for the 2020, the League of Women Voters, a century-old nonpartisan group, says at least 51 locations across the region rejected or discarded the donated materials — after initially accepting them.
That prompted two Houston lawmakers to ask local officials why post offices are refusing to accept the donated materials.
U.S. Reps. Sylvia Garcia and Al Green, both Democrats from Houston, sent a letter Friday requesting a copy of any directives “specifically explaining on what grounds post offices reject donations of blank voter registrations.” They asked for a response by this Friday.
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