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USPS To Suspend Changes That Could Have Derailed Mail-In Voting — 8/18/20, 1:18 p.m. ET

The U.S. Postmaster General announced Tuesday that he is suspending some recent operational changes until after the presidential election so that people may confidently vote by mail during the coronavirus pandemic.

“To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded,” U.S. Postal Service head Louis DeJoy said of the changes, which included removing mail processing equipment and collection boxes, refusing overtime requests, cutting back USPS retail hours and …continued .
[Source: Huffington Post]