The voters, who live in New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Indiana, are doing business to return some of DeJoy’s changes to the Postal Service by re-paying overtime for postal workers, re-implementing sorting machines and a court to restrict Trump and DeJoy ”from participating in any further attempt to refuse [the plaintiffs] the right to vote in their vote. “
Trump has repeatedly tried to dismiss post-vote as a gateway to voter fraud, despite limited evidence to support his theory. Voters, however, claim that Trump is trying to post-vote for his own election result.
“In short, DeJoy, who is making Trump’s public offering, has caused even greater chaos in the Fall election, putting his thumb on the election scales to ensure Trump’s re-election and / or provide grounds for an election campaign – and “Not to mention that Trump has doubts in the minds of Americans about the integrity of the electoral process and the outcome itself, a troubled tactic that was once associated only with tin-horn dictators and banana republics,” voters wrote in their complaint. .
The complainants also wrote that they were afraid that a sly postal service would force them to vote in person in the midst of a pandemic. Gina Arfi, a New York voter, said she applied for an absentee ballot to vote in the June 23 primary that never came. She could never personally identify her because of concerns about her 85-year-old grandmother’s health, the court said.
Arfi is not alone in her worries. AARP’s top lobbyist, Nancy LeaMond, sent a letter to DeJoy on Monday urging him to block changes that disrupt the postal service during the election pandemic.
“We urge you to stop any adjustments that may adversely affect the Service during the Pandemic,” LeaMond said. “Furthermore, we urge the Postal Service to be more up-to-date and transparent about all changes, including a more detailed cost-benefit analysis of the operational changes you have made and we will make timely delivery of all mail, including election-related post. ”
LeaMond said the organization, which has 38 million members, was concerned that DeJoy’s changes “could affect the health and safety of millions of older Americans and could unreasonably restrict the ability of all Americans to safely participate in the upcoming elections. . “
The letter also said that many older Americans, to whom coronavirus poses the greatest risk, rely on the Postal Service to provide their prescriptions and other necessities so that they can avoid unnecessary travel outside the home.
DeJoy has agreed to testify before Congress about his changes to the Postal Service, in what is likely to be a caustic confrontation. Several Democrats have called on DeJoy to resign.
The White House has rejected the lawsuit, pointing out that the administration agreed on $ 10 billion in additional funding for the Postal Service in the final round of coronavirus relief negotiations. Trump also shone on the willingness to compromise on additional USPS funding, despite his hostility in the past against security subsidies for elections that could be used to send election materials.
“While Democrats are spreading groundless conspiracy theories about the Trump administration’s support for the USPS in scoring political points, President Trump will continue to work to ensure the security and integrity of our elections,” said Sarah Matthews, spokeswoman for the White House in a statement to POLITICO.
Trump too tweeted on Monday: “SAVE THE POST OFFICE!”
A spokesman for the Postal Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
