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turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 11:10 AM Sep 2020

Judge blocks changes to Postal Service as 'politically motivated attack'



By Associated Press -September 18, 2020 10:15 AM

A federal judge ruled that the service changes created 'a substantial possibility many voters will be disenfranchised.'

A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service" before the November election.

Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service.

The states challenged the Postal Service's so-called "leave behind" policy, where trucks have been leaving postal facilities on time regardless of whether there is more mail to load. They also sought to force the Postal Service to treat election mail as first-class mail.

The judge noted after a hearing that Donald Trump had repeatedly attacked voting by mail by making unfounded claims that it is rife with fraud. Many more voters are expected to vote by mail this November because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the states have expressed concern that delays might result in voters not receiving ballots or registration forms in time.

https://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-louis-dejoy-judge-united-states-postal-service-political-attack/

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Further, they cited research from information technology consultant Mynor Urizar-Hunter, who helped start a website tracking the USPS changes, noting that 78% of the machines slated for removal were in counties won by Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.

The states suing are Washington, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia — all led by Democratic attorneys general.

Pennsylvania is leading a separate multistate lawsuit over the changes, and New York and Montana have filed their own challenges.


Lock DeJoy Ass Up.............this asshole was tampering with taxpayer funded machines.......
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Judge blocks changes to Postal Service as 'politically motivated attack' (Original Post) turbinetree Sep 2020 OP
From the opinion Gothmog Sep 2020 #1
Yepper spot on................ turbinetree Sep 2020 #3
K&R UTUSN Sep 2020 #2
The security of our nation, election & mail depends on removing this piece of trash & putting Illumination Sep 2020 #4

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
3. Yepper spot on................
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 01:52 PM
Sep 2020

and the judge saw it for what it was and he's not going to take it..................

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
4. The security of our nation, election & mail depends on removing this piece of trash & putting
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 01:53 PM
Sep 2020

him on trial for his crimes like Trump & the rest of the criminal organization!...

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