Coincidence? DeJoy's U.S. Postal Service sabotage hitting swing states, communities of color
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A Republican-dominated U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors is having more success than it could have imagined when it set out months ago to undermine the institution. The pandemic and the need for so much of this year's vote to have to be conducted by Coincidence? DeJoy's U.S. Postal Service sabotage hitting swing states, communities of color
A Republican-dominated U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors is having more success than it could have imagined when it set out months ago to undermine the institution. The pandemic and the need for so much of this year's vote to have to be conducted by mail has presented them the perfect opportunity to accelerate their efforts, and while they're at it, help Donald Trump. They've targeted their efforts well, if evilly, on communities of color and on critical swing states. Even before Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was installed in May and initiated his sabotage, complaints about slowed and missing delivery had increased, «especially in communities with more Black people, Indigenous people, and other people of color (BIPOC), according to new research by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).» Through Freedom of Information ACT requests, the UCS reviewed USPS data on customer complaints and found a sharp increase in mid-March that lasted through July. It found that, when controlling for population, «people in zip codes where more than 45 percent of the population are BIPOC submitted 50 percent more mail delay complaints than other zip codes.» We are facing a national shortage of poll workers because many senior citizens, who usually make up the majority of poll workers, are staying home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Help prevent long lines at the polls, or even the closure of polling sites, by signing up to become a poll worker in your area with Power the Polls. Read more