NY Judge Ordered USPS Must Process Election Mail in Timely Fashion

The USPS must live up to its Responsibilities to Process Election Mail by treating it as a Priority, a New York Judge Ordered, Monday Sept, 21st, adding that the Agency’s Workers should be Permitted to make Extra Deliveries and Work Overtime near the November Presidential Election.

The Written Decision by Judge, Victor Marrero of U.S. District Court, came after Several Individuals, including Candidates for Public Office, Sued. They said Trump, the USPS, and its New Postmaster General were Endangering Election Mail. Marrero gave Both Sides until, Noon Friday Sept, 25th, to Settle the Case in a Manner Consistent with his Findings.

If they Fail, Marrero said he’ll Impose an Order that ensures Postal Workers can make Late and Extra Trips as well as Work Overtime in late October and early November. “The right to vote is too vital a value in our democracy to be left in a state of suspense in the minds of voters weeks before a presidential election, raising doubts as to whether their votes will ultimately be counted,” Marrero said. He Ruled after Conducting a Hearing Wednesday, Sept. 16th.

Last week Judge, Stanley Bastian of U.S. District Court in Yakima, Wash., said he was Issuing a Nationwide Preliminary Injunction sought by 14 States that Sued the Trump Administration and the USPS, Challenging the Agency’s so-called “leave behind” Policy.

The Policy let Trucks leave Postal Facilities On-Time Regardless of whether there was more Mail to Load. States also sought to Force the USPS to Treat Ballots as First-Class Mail.

Marrero said Trump and DeJoy have made Statements that give “rise to management and operational confusion, to directives that tend to generate uncertainty as to who is in charge of policies that ultimately could affect the reliability of absentee ballots, thus potentially discouraging voting by mail.”

“Conflicting, vague and ambivalent managerial signals could also sow substantial doubt about whether the USPS is up to the task, whether it possesses the institutional willpower and commitment to its historical mission, and so to handle the exceptional burden associated with a profoundly critical task in our democratic system, that of collecting and delivering election mail a few weeks from now,” Marrero said.










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