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What business is it of the USPS except to transmit all mail regardless of purpose? The fact that the USPS would notice elections were being conducted is perver

What business is it of the USPS except to transmit all mail regardless of purpose? The fact that the USPS would notice elections were being conducted is perverse.

testfoobar 16d ago
Yes - USPS should behave like a layer 3 network: moving mail pieces to destination addresses independent of source & destination. Where elections probably matter to postal services is that they represent a particular shape of mail volume and network usage that may require management to reorganize pickup/delivery resources to meet delivery commitments.
- wallst07 16d ago
  So like spam mail, but much less volume?
0xbadcafebee 16d ago
You're missing the bigger picture. New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement (https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-voting-usps-officials-concerns-disenfranchisement https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-voting-usps-official...) In a March executive order, President Donald Trump directed the Postal Service to create the new rules, including requiring states to give USPS a list of all voters eligible to receive a ballot in the mail and requiring USPS to use those lists to determine which ballots get sent to voters. USPS officials were tasked with crafting the details of how the new system would work, including the creation of a new portal for states to upload their voters’ information and the back-end software that would allow mail delivery sites and local post offices to track, and potentially block, ballots entering into the mail on their way to voters. The whistleblower is saying the rules are crafted so certain people don't get counted. Specifically, minorities, specifically, democrat minorities.
- beanjuiceII 16d ago
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- hackyhacky 15d ago
  > The whistleblower is saying the rules are crafted so certain people don't get counted. Specifically, minorities, specifically, democrat minorities. Well. Who could possibly have predicted this. /s

What business is it of the USPS except to transmit all mail regardless of purpose? The fact that the USPS would notice elections were being conducted is perverse.

testfoobar 16d ago

Yes - USPS should behave like a layer 3 network: moving mail pieces to destination addresses independent of source & destination. Where elections probably matter to postal services is that they represent a particular shape of mail volume and network usage that may require management to reorganize pickup/delivery resources to meet delivery commitments.

wallst07 16d ago
So like spam mail, but much less volume?

0xbadcafebee 16d ago

You're missing the bigger picture. New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement (https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-voting-usps-officials-concerns-disenfranchisement https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-voting-usps-official...) In a March executive order, President Donald Trump directed the Postal Service to create the new rules, including requiring states to give USPS a list of all voters eligible to receive a ballot in the mail and requiring USPS to use those lists to determine which ballots get sent to voters. USPS officials were tasked with crafting the details of how the new system would work, including the creation of a new portal for states to upload their voters’ information and the back-end software that would allow mail delivery sites and local post offices to track, and potentially block, ballots entering into the mail on their way to voters. The whistleblower is saying the rules are crafted so certain people don't get counted. Specifically, minorities, specifically, democrat minorities.

beanjuiceII 16d ago
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hackyhacky 15d ago
> The whistleblower is saying the rules are crafted so certain people don't get counted. Specifically, minorities, specifically, democrat minorities. Well. Who could possibly have predicted this. /s