DeJoy said some of the proposed decisions mean that retail hours at post offices will not change, mail processing equipment and blue collection boxes will remain in place and no mail processing facilities will be closed.
At least 20 Democratic attorneys general across the country are launching a multi-pole legal effort to push back on recent changes that disrupted postal delivery across the country and provoked accusations that Trump and his nominees are trying to vote for post-in-vote.
The General Democratic advocates plan to argue that DeJoy is changing illegal e-mail procedures for the 2020 election because the Post Office is changing an unusually large number of post-ballots as voters look to prevent ballots from being cast at polling stations , where they could potentially contract coronavirus.
DeJoy “acted outside its authority to implement changes to the mail system, and did not follow proper procedures under federal law,” according to a statement from Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson.
The USPS and DeJoy have maintained that the changes are intended to improve the agency’s difficult financial situation. DeJoy also denies allegations that he made these changes following Trump.
At least two lawsuits will be filed Tuesday. One led by the state of Washington will join Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Another Democratic Attorney General’s group is filing a similar lawsuit in a federal court in Pennsylvania. These states include California, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Delaware, Maine and North Carolina.
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla said after the announcement that his office “will continue to monitor for signs of service interruption,” urging USPS to permanently back down on the changes.
“It is not enough to just shut down operational changes, they need to be reversed. There should be no cuts to postal services, especially during this pandemic,” he said in a statement.
DeJoy “felt the heat. And that’s what we’re trying to do, it’s too much for them to do,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, at an event hosted by Politico.
“I do not want to give Republicans a reason to vote against this because we want this to become law,” she said. “We want the president to sign it.”
The Postal Service is facing intense scrutiny from the Democrats of Congress, who announced earlier this week that they are clearing up their probe into what they call “recent, sweeping and dangerous operational changes at the Postal Service that the post delay and the integrity of the elections. “
Trump and other Republicans have been pushing for a vote by mail, arguing unequivocally that it will lead to voter fraud, with the president saying last week that he opposes the need for funding for the U.S. Postal Service. , because he does not want to see it was used for voting via mail in November.
There is widespread voter fraud in U.S. elections, and non-partisan experts say no party automatically benefits when states extend access to mail-in-vote.
This story has been updated with additional background information and commentary.
Devan Cole and Haley Byrd of CNN contributed to this report.
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