{"id":3358,"date":"2020-09-02T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2020-09-02T17:00:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T17:00:02","slug":"post-office-expects-9-billion-loss-this-year-will-prioritize-mail-in-ballots-before-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=3358","title":{"rendered":"Post Office Expects $9 Billion Loss This Year, Will Prioritize Mail-in Ballots Before Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“President Donald Trump has alleged that the more widespread use of mail-in voting is ripe for fraud, but there is no evidence to support that claim; Trump himself has voted by mail as recently as March of this year. Democrats, meanwhile, believe DeJoy is engaged in a nefarious plot to disenfranchise Americans, even though the expected uptick in mail volume around the election<\/a> would fall well within the post office’s usual capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s good to see that DeJoy is trying to lower the temperature surrounding this debate. He told the committee on Friday that more “dramatic changes” to mail service will be postponed until after the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That makes sense. But make no mistake about it: Dramatic changes are necessary. The post office, DeJoy said, is facing the prospect of a $9 billion shortfall this year alone\u2014a huge total for an agency that is supposed to be self-sustaining.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Post Office Expects $9 Billion Loss This Year, Will Prioritize Mail-in Ballots Before Election Day<\/a><\/blockquote>