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Postmaster general denies ‘sabotaging’ election as protesters rally against mail delays

By Associated Press

Aug. 25, 2020

Election 2020Election: National

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A voter drops off his ballot on the day of Oregon's primary election at a drive-by, drop-off station in Portland, Ore. Running an election by mail is a major undertaking, involving the U.S. Postal Service, armies of volunteers and even librarians. But for election officials and voters in Oregon, which pioneered all vote-by-mail in the nation 20 years ago, there's no turning back to the old way of having people cast ballots in person at neighborhood polling places.
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Bob Springsteen, left, of Columbus, gives a thumbs-up to a passing car as it honks during a Save the Post Office Rally on Saturday, Aug. 22, in Whitehall, Ohio. Postal workers and supporters across central Ohio gathered at Post Offices across the region to protest actions by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy including the removal of sorting machines which has led to mail delivery delays in some states. Critics of these policies fear they will create delays with absentee and mail-in ballots during the upcoming general election. Springsteen is a retired postal clerk and former vice president of the United Postal Workers Union Local 232.
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Irene Huber joins others during the "Save the Post Office" rally Saturday, Aug. 22, in Salt Lake City. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is declaring it's his "sacred duty" to ensure election mail delivery this fall. But he also told senators on Friday, Aug. 21, that he has no plans to restore curbside mail collection boxes or high-speed sorting machines that have been removed.
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Irene Huber joins others during the "Save the Post Office" rally Saturday, Aug. 22, in Salt Lake City. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is declaring it's his "sacred duty" to ensure election mail delivery this fall.
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George and Ruth Angerbauer join others during the "Save the Post Office" rally Saturday, Aug. 22, in Salt Lake City. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is declaring it's his "sacred duty" to ensure election mail delivery this fall. But he also told senators on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, that he has no plans to restore curbside mail collection boxes or high-speed sorting machines that have been removed.
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People gather during the "Save the Post Office" rally Saturday, Aug. 22, in Salt Lake City. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is declaring it's his "sacred duty" to ensure election mail delivery this fall.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, in Washington.
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, in Washington.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., asks a question to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, in Washington.
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Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, in Washington.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, in Washington.
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Postal workers attend customers at the Flagler Station post office, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Miami. The pandemic has pushed the Postal Service into a central role in the 2020 elections, with tens of millions of people expected to vote by mail rather than in-person. At the same time, Trump has acknowledged he is withholding emergency aid from the service to make it harder to process mail-in ballots, as his election campaign legally challenges mail voting procedures in key states.
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Democratic Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney, who is running for governor, speaks at a rally outside the U.S. Post Office in Helena, Mont. on Tuesday, Aug. 25.
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Retired postal worker Glenda Morris protests postal cutbacks, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in New York. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told lawmakers Monday that he has warned allies of President Donald Trump that the president's repeated attacks on the legitimacy of mail-in ballots are "not helpful," but denied that recent changes at the Postal Service are linked to the November elections.
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A postal worker, center, attends to customers at the Flagler Station post office, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Miami. The pandemic has pushed the Postal Service into a central role in the 2020 elections, with tens of millions of people expected to vote by mail rather than in-person. At the same time, Trump has acknowledged he is withholding emergency aid from the service to make it harder to process mail-in ballots, as his election campaign legally challenges mail voting procedures in key states.
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Protesters demonstrate during a "National Day of Action to Save the "Peoples" Post Office!" outside the Flagler Station post office, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Miami. The pandemic has pushed the Postal Service into a central role in the 2020 elections, with tens of millions of people expected to vote by mail rather than in-person. At the same time, Trump has acknowledged he is withholding emergency aid from the service to make it harder to process mail-in ballots, as his election campaign legally challenges mail voting procedures in key states.
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Wearing a mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, postal worker Samantha Wims demonstrates during a "National Day of Action to Save the "Peoples" Post Office!" outside the Flagler Station post office, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Miami. The pandemic has pushed the Postal Service into a central role in the 2020 elections, with tens of millions of people expected to vote by mail rather than in-person. At the same time, Trump has acknowledged he is withholding emergency aid from the service to make it harder to process mail-in ballots, as his election campaign legally challenges mail voting procedures in key states.
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Postal worker Gabriel Rial, foreground, chants as he demonstrates during a "National Day of Action to Save the "Peoples" Post Office!" outside the Flagler Station post office, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Miami. The pandemic has pushed the Postal Service into a central role in the 2020 elections, with tens of millions of people expected to vote by mail rather than in-person. At the same time, Trump has acknowledged he is withholding emergency aid from the service to make it harder to process mail-in ballots, as his election campaign legally challenges mail voting procedures in key states.
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A protester demonstrates during a "National Day of Action to Save the "Peoples" Post Office!" outside the Flagler Station post office, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Miami. The pandemic has pushed the Postal Service into a central role in the 2020 elections, with tens of millions of people expected to vote by mail rather than in-person. At the same time, Trump has acknowledged he is withholding emergency aid from the service to make it harder to process mail-in ballots, as his election campaign legally challenges mail voting procedures in key states.

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