{"id":48383,"date":"2020-08-17T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-is-the-usps-crisis-and-how-does-it-affect-the-2020-election\/"},"modified":"2020-08-17T22:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:14:00","slug":"what-is-the-usps-crisis-and-how-does-it-affect-the-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-the-usps-crisis-and-how-does-it-affect-the-2020-election\/","title":{"rendered":"#What is the USPS crisis and how does it affect the 2020 election?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37caa3afb64\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37caa3afb64\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-the-usps-crisis-and-how-does-it-affect-the-2020-election\/#How_is_the_USPS_funded\" >How is the USPS funded?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-the-usps-crisis-and-how-does-it-affect-the-2020-election\/#Why_are_people_protesting_against_Postmaster_General_DeJoy\" >Why are people protesting against Postmaster General DeJoy?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-the-usps-crisis-and-how-does-it-affect-the-2020-election\/#How_could_this_affect_the_election\" >How could this affect the election?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-the-usps-crisis-and-how-does-it-affect-the-2020-election\/#What_are_politicians_doing\" >What are politicians doing?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-the-usps-crisis-and-how-does-it-affect-the-2020-election\/#What_has_Trump_said_about_it\" >What has Trump said about it?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-the-usps-crisis-and-how-does-it-affect-the-2020-election\/#Can_mail-in_ballots_be_delivered_any_other_way\" >Can mail-in ballots be delivered any other way?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#What is the USPS crisis and how does it affect the 2020 election?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        With less than three months to go until Nov. 3, the cash-str<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed United States Postal Service has been thrust into the center of the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The independent federal agency is facing financial setbacks made worse by the coronavirus pandemic \u2014 as well as fears of disenfranchisement with more and more COVID-19-wary voters turning to mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look into how the USPS crisis unfolded.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_is_the_USPS_funded\"><\/span>How is the USPS funded?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Congress created the USPS to replace the old Post Office Department in 1972, making it a permanent fixture of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>The agency, however, isn\u2019t funded by tax dollars \u2014 it instead \u201crelies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations,\u201d according to its website.<\/p>\n<p>The USPS takes in about $71 billion in annual revenue and delivers 48 percent of the world\u2019s mail.<\/p>\n<p>But with snail mail on a sharp decline, the last year the USPS recorded a profit was in 2006 \u2014 with its cumulative losses totaling $83.1 billion as of March 31, Pew Research reported.<\/p>\n<p>The agency was also hampered in 2006 by a new law requiring it to pre-fund all current and former employee retirement and health benefits, according to CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Now, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the USPS\u2019 funding crisis has been heightened.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_are_people_protesting_against_Postmaster_General_DeJoy\"><\/span>Why are people protesting against Postmaster General DeJoy?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In June, President Trump appointed a new postmaster <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>, Louis DeJoy, to deal with the financial mess, with the USPS recording a net loss of $2.2 billion for the third quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>DeJoy, a Trump donor, has\u00a0gone on to cut overtime, late delivery <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s and other expenses that ensure mail is delivered on time. As a result, there\u2019s been a national slowdown of mail.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations were held in front of DeJoy\u2019s home in Washington, DC, last week, with the former logistics company executive accused of sabotaging the USPS and undermining democracy ahead of the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>CNN also reported that hundreds of mail-sorting machines were slated for \u201creduction\u201d this year \u2014 with some being removed in June.<\/p>\n<p>White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, however, insisted that no sorting machines would be nixed between now and the election.<\/p>\n<p>The USPS, meanwhile, has been hoping for a $10 billion infusion in coronavirus relief funds, though negotiations between Democrats and Republicans on a broader relief package broke down before Congress went on summer recess.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_could_this_affect_the_election\"><\/span>How could this affect the election?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With no end in sight to the COVID-19 crisis, more people are turning to mail-in ballots as a way to cast their votes.<\/p>\n<p>Some states, including New Jersey, have opted to conduct November\u2019s general election entirely by mail. Election officials are bracing for the possibility that half of all voters, or even more, will vote by mail \u2014 which could be an issue amid a national mail slowdown.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16148324\"><img alt=\"A general view of United States Post Office sign\" data- data- height=\"200\" width=\"300\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re in the middle of a historic pandemic and as many as 40 percent of Americans plan on casting their ballot by mail. If we can\u2019t rely on those ballots getting to where they need to go, we\u2019ve got a serious problem with democracy,\u201d Patrick Young of Shut Down DC told WUSA9 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> at the protest at DeJoy\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the USPS\u2019s general counsel and executive vice president Thomas J. Marshall sent letters to states saying many of them have voting deadlines that are too tight \u2014 and warned that mailed ballots may not be counted in time.<\/p>\n<p>States can act to change their mail balloting deadlines \u2014 like Pennsylvania, which asked a court to move the deadline to three days after the Nov. 3 vote, as long as ballots are mailed before polls close on Election Day.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_politicians_doing\"><\/span>What are politicians doing?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Congress is on its summer break, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is recalling members of the chamber to return later this week to vote on legislation that would prohibit any changes in mail delivery or services for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_has_Trump_said_about_it\"><\/span>What has Trump said about it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For years, Trump has blamed the USPS\u2019s financial woes on e-commerce businesses like Amazon, which he claims doesn\u2019t pay its fair share in postage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey come in and they drop all their mail into a post office \u2014 not all of it but a big percentage of it \u2014 and they say, \u2018Here, you deliver it, you stupid people, you deliver it.\u2019 And it costs us every time they drop a package,\u201d Trump said Monday on \u201cFox &#038; Friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump wants the USPS to raise package rates to plug its budget gap.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, he opposed additional funds for the agency and mail-in voting \u2014 but later walked back the comments, saying he wouldn\u2019t hold up funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, not at all,\u201d Trump answered when asked whether he\u2019d veto a coronavirus relief bill that included USPS funds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16148328\"><img alt=\"United States Post Office letter carrier\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"662\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut one of the reasons the post office needs that much money is they have all these millions of ballots coming in from nowhere and nobody knows from where and where they\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly linked mail-in ballots with voter fraud, though he has not provided any evidence.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_mail-in_ballots_be_delivered_any_other_way\"><\/span>Can mail-in ballots be delivered any other way?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>FedEx and UPS say they\u2019re barred from delivering ballots because they must be postmarked \u2014 and only the USPS can do that.<\/p>\n<p>But voters can drop off their ballot in person at a polling site.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/17\/what-is-the-usps-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#What is the USPS crisis and how does it affect the 2020 election?&#8221; With less than three months to go until Nov. 3, the cash-strapped United States Postal Service has been thrust into the center of the presidential election. 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