Democratic lawmakers continued to press postal officials for answers about the policies and elaborate on the agency’s preparedness to collect election mail. Since then, mail service gaps have been reported in localities across the country, ensnaring prescription medications and election mail during some midsummer primaries. To avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election is concluded.”ADDeJoy said he would expand the agency’s leadership task force on election mail to include labor union leaders and industry associations. AD“The Postal Service is ready today to handle whatever volume of election mail it receives this fall,” he said. AD“Postmaster General DeJoy has nothing to be ashamed of,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said in a statement.

Source: Washington Post August 18, 2020 12:49 UTC