Judge orders postal service treat election mail as priority

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

A judge in New York ordered the U.S. Postal Service to treat election mail as a priority on Monday amid widespread reports of mail delays resulting from operational changes directed by President Trump's postmaster general.


The Associated Press reported that U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero wrote in his decision that agency workers should be allowed to make extra deliveries and work overtime ahead of the November election in order for the Postal Service to deliver election-related mail in a timely fashion.

"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, according to the AP.

The judge went on to blame Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Trump for making statements that he said gave "rise to management and operational confusion, to directives that tend to generate uncertainty as to who is in charge of policies that ultimately could affect the reliability of absentee ballots, thus potentially discouraging voting by mail."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/judge-orders-postal-service-treat-election-mail-as-priority/ar-BB19gBvd?li=BB141NW3

[soothsayer]

1. Next make them fix this: limitations on mail theft investigations

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/516461-postal-police-officers-union-sues-over-limitations-on-mail-theft-investigations

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Postal police officers union sues over limitations on mail theft investigations

Postal police officers union sues over limitations on mail theft investigations
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The Postal Police Officers Association on Monday filed a lawsuit against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy over limiting investigations of mail theft to those that occur solely on post office property.

The officers union alleged in the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., that the move puts postal police officers and other employees “in increased danger and increases the likelihood of criminal activity against Postal Service employees and the U.S. mail.”

The Postal Service announced the new policy on Aug. 25, saying the authority of postal police officers was limited to “real property” of the postal service. According to the court filing, that change "declared that Postal Police Officers should no longer be assigned to investigate or prevent mail theft or protection of letter carriers" unless it occurred on Postal Service premises.

[lagomorph777]

2. Will Louie DaJerk obey?

[Iliyah]

3. Ya think dejoy is going to follow that order? . .

No, because republicans truly feel they are above anything does not comply their fucked up beliefs. In other words, they only adhere to their gawd.

[Catch2.2]

4. That's why....

There needs to be jail time for all these crooks! If there are no consequences, then the corruption will get even worse. There needs to be serious consequences so that the next DeJoy will think twice before accepting a position as a Republican lap dog.

[wryter2000]

5. If they don't comply

I hope he tosses DaJoy's ass into prison. I also hope there's some way for the judge to get updates on their performance.

How sad this all is for postal workers, who work so hard and truly care about doing their jobs.

[StTimofEdenRoc]

6. If they don not comply nothing will happen, they ignore rulings they don't like.

[calimary]

7. Add it to the list of "MUST FIX" items.

[yuiyoshida]

8. Starting to love these federal Judges muzzling Trump

or at least putting him on a leash!