
One of Louis DeJoy’s final changes at the Postal Service has put time-sensitive mail and election ballots at risk. Mail dropped off at the post office or a blue box may go days before it receives a postmark, opening the door to ballot rejections, legal challenges, and election chaos.
This did not happen by accident. Local mail processing was stripped away in a service standard slowdown and replaced with distant regional hubs to save money and speed mail in the larger cities, delaying postmarks and weakening vote-by-mail safeguards for everyone else, especially those in rural areas.
The Save the Post Office Coalition is mobilizing to force Congress to act. We want our lawmakers to intervene to protect every vote before the next election is impacted. We must demand the USPS reverse the service slowdown to maintain real-time postmarks now.
This is a bipartisan fight. Rural communities, seniors, veterans, and voters of every political affiliation rely on timely mail service. Public pressure is how we win, and it takes resources to build that pressure.
Contribute to the Save the Post Office Coalition, through our sponsor Americans for Financial Reform, and fund the fight to protect Vote by Mail now.