Amidst Democrat Push For Mass Vote-By-Mail, U.S. Postal Service Finalized Its Plans For October 1
While Democrats try to push mass vote-by-mail, the USPS has finalized its plans to slow down shipping times. The slowdown plan is reportedly effective Oct. 1 as part of efforts to cut red ink.
Reuters reports, “Postmaster General Louis DeJoy proposed in March to revise existing one- to three-day service standards to one to five days for first-class mail. USPS said on Friday that 61% of first-class mail will remain at its current standard.”
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Deep blue California areas have begun sending out ballots automatically to all registered voters in the area, even the once-red San Diego County area.
The San Diego Registrar of Voters alerted that all active registered voters in San Diego County will receive a ballot in the mail for the Sept. 14 California Gubernatorial Recall Election in which there is a chance for Governor Gavin Newsom to be ousted.
Ballots will be mailed the week of Aug. 16. This gives voters and ballot harvesters nearly a month to mark ballots and return them before Election Day.
The United States Postal Service will raise the price of first-class postage stamps to 58 cents from 55 cents on August 29. According to the USPS, mail volume has decreased by 46 billion pieces, or 28 percent, over the last decade, while single-piece first-class mail has decreased by 47 percent.
Congress is proposing a plan to deliver $46 billion in financial relief to the USPS over the next ten years, including scrapping a requirement that the agency pre-fund lavish retiree health benefits for 75 years.
Since 2007, the agency has reported net losses of around $90 billion. One reason is a 2006 law requiring it to pre-fund more than $120 billion in retiree healthcare and pension liabilities, which critics have slammed as an unfair burden not shared by other corporations.
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