Postal Service Must Make Votes First-Class, Restore Overtime

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-21/usps-ordered-to-restore-first-class-treatment-for-election-mail

A federal judge ordered Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to treat all election-related mail as first-class and restore overtime for U.S. Postal Service employees -- a fresh courtroom loss for the agency accused in several lawsuits of trying to undermine the coming election.

An injunction issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in New York directs the USPS to pre-approve all overtime sought for workers from Oct. 26 to Nov. 6 and to give first-class treatment to all election mail beginning Oct. 15. The judge cited the potential threat to the right to vote caused by operational changes instituted by DeJoy, a longtime Republican donor.

“The right to vote is too vital a value in our democracy to be left in a state of suspense in the minds of voters weeks before a presidential election, raising doubts as to whether their votes will ultimately be counted,” Marrero said.

The injunction, the second against the USPS in less than a week, comes in a case brought against DeJoy and President Donald Trump by a group of voters and political candidates who accused them of trying to hobble the agency.

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[spanone]

1. 100 bucks says DeJoy ignores the court and there will are no repercussions.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. No bet.

[Blue Owl]

3. Yup -- don't like the odds whenever that corrupt fuck is involved

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