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Tell Chuck & Joni - Save the U.S. Postal Service

Senator Chuck Grassley & Senator Joni Ernst

President Trump’s new postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, has gone from using “cost-cutting” measures to slow down the mail to a full-on dismantling of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). This week he said he would NOT return the mailboxes he took away back to their locations; NOT re-install the dozens of high-speed sorting machines that have been removed; and NOT allow overtime to ensure mail is delivered on time.

Senator Joni Ernst has remained silent on Trump's attacks on this institution that employs over 97,000 U.S. veterans.

The moves are of deep concern to members of Congress and millions of Americans, particularly seniors and veterans who get important goods and services like prescription drugs through the mail. In addition, the demand for vote by mail will increase substantially in the coming weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic.

DeJoy was forced to respond to the crisis due to public outcry from the Alliance and others, but then it was revealed he would not roll back his changes.

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The United States Postal Service has told state and local governments that it will charge them nearly three times more to send a ballot through the mail than in previous elections, which hurts seniors and local governments. Election mail has always been sent at the bulk rate, which is not delivered as fast but is handled like first-class mail. Under DeJoy’s management, all election mail must be sent first-class.

Congressmembers Finkenauer, Loebsack, & Axne co-sponsored the Delivering for America Act that passed the House of Representatives this past Saturday to provide the Postal Service with $25 billion to cover revenue losses, reverse service and operational changes implemented earlier this year and require that all election-related mail, including ballots, be treated as first class to ensure priority delivery.

“It is not enough for the postmaster to say he intends to stop sabotaging the delivery of prescription drugs and election ballots in the future,” said Joseph Peters, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer of the Alliance. “He must undo the damage that he has already done.”

Sign this petition to tell Senator Chuck Grassley & Senator Joni Ernst to Save the United States Postal Service by supporting the Delivering for America Act in the U.S. Senate.