… This is why we’re standing up and making sure the Postal Service does what they have done [in the past]” to guarantee good service. The Postal Service could look to discontinue the program, the people said, unless Congress specifically earmarked funding for it. He added, “The general word around here is, ‘Vote early.’”DeJoy said he told staff to “double” election mail resources during his first meeting on the topic, and that the USPS’s governing board will a new election mail committee. This is why we’re standing up and making sure the Postal Service does what they have done [in the past]” to guarantee good service. The postal service was a mess when Philadelphia’s 47-year-old postmaster general was appointed in 1753 to help run it.

Source: Washington Post August 21, 2020 12:48 UTC