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octoberlib

(14,971 posts) Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:03 PM Aug 2020

Trump's Postmaster General is trying to triple the postage rates on election ballots.

Link to tweet

Important piece from
@PatrickMRucker
. Trump's new Postmaster General is trying to nearly triple the postage rate on election ballots that states mail to voters. It's a naked attempt to restrict voting by mail.

https://library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/472hnf4jwkhq

Zach Carter
@zachdcarter
States pay 20 cents for every ballot they send to voters. Raising that price to 55 cents would dramatically increase costs at a time when state budgets are being hammered.

Zach Carter
zachdcarter.
@PatrickMRucker
's reporting makes it very clear that all of the self-imposed dysfunction Trump has been creating at the Post Office is about disrupting the election. The GOP has always used voter suppression tactics at the state level, but this is petty dictator stuff.

A poll tax.

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Trump's Postmaster General is trying to triple the postage rates on election ballots. (Original Post) octoberlib Aug 2020 OP

Trump's Postmaster General is trying to triple the postage rates on election ballots. FelineOverlord Aug 2020 #1

just fill it out the first day and walk it to the courthouse...im taking a pic of mine first samnsara Aug 2020 #2

Can't do that in some states including FL....has to be postmarked. Lochloosa Aug 2020 #6

Why not just charge $10,000 per ballot? SoonerPride Aug 2020 #3

no kidding renate Aug 2020 #9

I just found out the USPS has an Inspector General and here's the contact info Mike 03 Aug 2020 #4

Thank you! octoberlib Aug 2020 #7

Great info - thanks! nt crickets Aug 2020 #8

Actually it would be nice if they had a tracking number! bluestarone Aug 2020 #5

They do. Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #10

Yes they do that BUT bluestarone Aug 2020 #12

How is that not a poll tax? Tanuki Aug 2020 #11

FelineOverlord

(3,580 posts)

1. Trump's Postmaster General is trying to triple the postage rates on election ballots.

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:08 PM

Aug 2020

Nancy and the Democrats had a chat with him today.

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samnsara

(17,625 posts)

2. just fill it out the first day and walk it to the courthouse...im taking a pic of mine first

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:10 PM

Aug 2020

Lochloosa

(16,067 posts)

6. Can't do that in some states including FL....has to be postmarked.

Reply to samnsara (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:35 PM

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SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)

3. Why not just charge $10,000 per ballot?

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:11 PM

Aug 2020

I mean why make such a minor change?

Just go full insane corruption. No one is gonna stop you.

renate

(13,776 posts)

9. no kidding

Reply to SoonerPride (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:44 PM

Aug 2020

God, these guys couldn't be any more obvious.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

4. I just found out the USPS has an Inspector General and here's the contact info

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:13 PM

Aug 2020

USPS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) audits the operations and evaluates the specific infrastructure of the Postal Service. The OIG also has the responsibility of protecting and maintaining the integrity of postal processes and personnel. To contact the OIG, please call 1-888-877-7644, email hotline@uspsoig.gov, visit USPS OIG Contact Form, or mail 1735 N Lynn Street, Arlington, VA 22209-2020.

https://www.prc.gov/consumer-assistance

I'll write to him/her tomorrow. I don't know what else to do at this point. It's probably an exercise in futility, but I have to try to do something.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

7. Thank you!

Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:37 PM

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crickets

(25,981 posts)

8. Great info - thanks! nt

Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 08:42 PM

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bluestarone

(17,002 posts)

5. Actually it would be nice if they had a tracking number!

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 06:27 PM

Aug 2020

Find out what the dumb ass is doing with them!

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)

10. They do.

Reply to bluestarone (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:13 PM

Aug 2020

That's how you can check to see if they're received. Log in to Sec. of State website and enter your tracking number to confirm it's in their hands.

bluestarone

(17,002 posts)

12. Yes they do that BUT

Reply to Totally Tunsie (Reply #10)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:30 PM

Aug 2020

I was thinking to see how long it takes for the post office to deliver them. ( I will hand deliver mine though) Don't trust the post office THIS year.

Tanuki

(14,919 posts)

11. How is that not a poll tax?

Reply to octoberlib (Original post)

Wed Aug 5, 2020, 09:16 PM

Aug 2020

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