- Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he “has no intention” of replacing the calculators and mailboxes for posts that have been removed in areas across the country.
- His reported remark follows his statement that promises to stop changes from the Post Office’s operations until after the election.
- “Earlier today, I spoke with Postmaster General DeJoy about his alleged hiatus in operational change,” Pelosi tweeted Wednesday afternoon.
- “During our conversation, he acknowledged that he has no intention of replacing the sorting machines, blue mailboxes and other infrastructure that have been removed.”
- DeJoy has been under fire for experiencing the ability of the Postal Service to turn e-mails quickly under the protection of President Donald Trump and his ongoing efforts to undermine the legitimacy of mail-in voting.
- Both DeJoy and Trump have claimed that the recent rollbacks of machines and mailboxes have been part of a plan to strengthen the Postal Service financially.
- In Michigan, the mail counting machines were found to help with envelopes dumped in a parking lot with their power chords broken down.
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The nationwide delay in email shows no signs of turning around at any moment, with the Postmaster General reporting to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he “has no intention” of replacing any of the mailboxes or sorting machines that have been removed from areas in the country in recent weeks.
—Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) August 19, 2020
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy recently published a statement promising to halt changes to one of the Post Office’s operations that would affect the vote in the 2020 elections. The statement did not indicate whether all measures he has already taken have been changed or replaced.
“Earlier today, I spoke with Postmaster General DeJoy about his alleged break in operational change,” Pelosi tweeted. “During our conversation, he acknowledged that he has no intention of replacing the sorting machines, blue mailboxes and other infrastructure that have been removed.”
The postmaster general’s first announcement followed widespread backlog about changes to the postal service operations, demonstrably paid as cost-cutting measures that delayed the delivery of mail in pockets of the country.
Democrats have said they fear the changes could delay the delivery of post-in ballots in November.
More than 20 states have filed with the USPS over the changes to operations, and DeJoy is set to testify before the Senate on Friday and the House on Monday.
Meanwhile, a report has emerged in Michigan about mail sorting machines being dumped in a parking lot with their power chords burned down.
—Heather Walker (@_HeatherWalker) August 19, 2020
These machines are critical to delivering large amounts of mail in densely populated areas, and postal workers have told reporters that their removal has significantly damaged their ability to get delivery on time.
Some of the changes – including the removal of the sorting machines and collection boxes – have been for years on the road, since before DeJoy took over as head of the USPS. Many were implemented in response to a general decline in postal volume.
