Politics The Postal Service, Voting, and Covid

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  1. Chris Craig

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    The damage is done regardless of what Dejoy has said about halting what he is doing
     
    Chris Craig, Aug 20, 2020
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    This thread is funny.
    Sooo much denial...
     
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    Sorting machines continue to be dismantled. They are thousands of times faster than hand sorting and with staff shortages and ban in overtime there are no hands to sort. In Los Angeles a large post office is inundated with rodents as food rots in packages. A poultry farm received a shipment of chicks, all dead.

    Trump's postmaster general has also decreed post office employees may no longer co-sign ballots. Some states require a witness signature. If there is no other adult citizen in a household, voter could bring ballot to post office, sign there, and clerk sign as witness. This is now prohibited.

    If 300 million Americans are hurt so that Trump can block people from voting, hey, good deal from world's best deal maker.

    Also reported DeJoy's family business has had numerous lawsuits filed against it for sexual harassment, sexual assault, race discrimination, wage theft, and union busting. A true Trumper.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Yeah, Trump stole the election again. Congrats to him.
     
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    He didn't steal the election in 2016. He does seem to be trying his best to do so this time, though, with these post office actions. Fortunately, it's happening early enough that people can try to avoid the post office issues by manually bringing in their ballots to early voting drop-offs.
     
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    So THE HCP is STILL confused. Why are these sorting machines being dismantled? Who is telling them to do this and why now? Why are the mailboxes being taken away? I'm so lost!
     
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    The postmaster general, who's a Trump donor, ally and appointee, is telling them to do these things. He's doing it because Trump has said that he doesn't want widespread mail-in balloting, so his postmaster general is sabotaging the post office to slow down mail and make mail-in balloting harder and, in some cases, impossible.
     
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    You know how every year here in Oregon they will say, "if you're sending your vote in by mail, today is the last day you can do it so it will arrive at the county in time to count?"

    That's what they're trying to destroy nationwide. People will mail in their votes but they won't arrive in time to the elections office for them to be counted.
     
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    This is fucking crazy!!!! And Trump supporters are cool with this?
     
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    GOP is trying to implement vote blocking
     
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    YES!

    and YES!
     
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    I voted from overseas several times...always mail in ballots...this will hurt the votes from service members and diplomats working around the globe....there are millions of Americans who have no choice but mail in ballots...
     
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    Traitors to democracy sure are.
     
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    Why would anybody think this is a good thing? I'm so unbelievably disappointed in people. On the bright side, this past 4 years has actually helped me raise my kids. I have daily examples to teach my kids of what NOT to do and how NOT to treat people.
     
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    I have said it before and I will say it again - the best thing the Trump administration has done is helped us all to identify the weak portions of power within the federal government. It is ironic that the people that elected him are the ones that rail against federal government power.

    The big question is - has America learned from that failed experiment or are we a nation of idiots the rest of the world has come to see us as, given this administration's performance.
     
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    Up until the past 4.5 months, I swore Trump was going to win again. I believe all of this turmoil has awoken many. Those that might have been on the fence, I'm truly hoping have had their eyes open to the fact that is can indeed get worse. And that's scary enough to vote for ANYBODY but that moron again.
     
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    Yes they are. As long as it doesn't effect their guy. If it was a Democratic President doing this, they would be going ape shit about it, but, since it is their guy, it is OK.
     
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    He might still win. Very probable with what he has had done to the USPS. It wouldnt surprise me if Blue states suddenly go red because of this.
     
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    The Trump vote will be fueled this election by voters who are terrified of losing all their white privilege ...I just hope there aren't that many Karen's out there this time
     
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