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Senate Democrat calls for end of recess amid warning about mail-in ballot delays

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Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), the chair of Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to cut the August recess short over warnings that mail-in ballots this November…

Trump’s USPS fight hurts his voters before election – Los Angeles Times

“For him to stand there and say that we can’t be trusted, he is insulting every postal employee in this country,” Headrick said of Trump. “I was delivering things today from his campaign. But I can be trusted with that, right? Yeah.”

This is only the latest round of shenanigans since Louis DeJoy, a Republican mega-donor who owns stock in Amazon and UPS, became postmaster general in May. The changes he has made since then, from cutting overtime to removing mail processing equipment, are at the root of many of the delivery delays that we’ve have endured even in Los Angeles.

The USPS has already warned officials in 46 states, including California, that it can’t guarantee all ballots cast by mail will arrive in time to be counted for the November election, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

 

Source: Trump’s USPS fight hurts his voters before election – Los Angeles Times

Ohio among states warned by U.S. Postal Service that mail-voting deadlines could disenfranchise voters – cleveland.com

Ohio is among the 46 states that recently received a warning from U.S. Postal Service officials that deadlines laid out in the state’s mail-voting laws may result in voters being disenfranchised.

Source: Ohio among states warned by U.S. Postal Service that mail-voting deadlines could disenfranchise voters – cleveland.com