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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMail carriers have been told to "slow down",
"Trumps newly appointed postmaster general Louis DeJoy is deliberately slowing down the mail service months before Americans will need to vote by mail. For context: He has donated millions to Trump and Republicans, and held millions in USPS competitors."
"Trump's new postmaster general could corrupt a key institution ahead of Election Day
We can't let Trump get away with his attacks on the Postal Service and our electoral system."
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-2020-usps-appointment-could-corrupt-key-institution-ahead-ncna1234125
* Local mailmen confirmed they have all officially been told to "SLOW THE MAIL DOWN," per trump's Postmaster General.
So, for mail-in ballots:
SEND THEM 21 DAYS EARLY.
Mail on Oct. 13th. Do not wait.
Thekaspervote
(32,778 posts)SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)outside the library or other official locations days before election
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)I go to the County Clerks office. Drop it off there.
marlakay
(11,476 posts)There is a box and you drive up to it.
ChazII
(6,205 posts)This primary is no different. I went to my library and dropped it in the ballot box.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)Mine doesn't.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)My Amazon package is lost for the first time ever, and an internet purchase shipped through fedex is taking excessively long.
I think it is all slowing down. There's something involving physics happening here!
I will possibly vote in person in November. I've never had to wait very long.
BComplex
(8,053 posts)I'm 5 days past my thyroid Rx delivery. Not something you want to be without.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)I don't do well emotionally with just a lower dose, much less without.
Maybe your dr can write the next script to include 50% more taken over the same time period, but take your regular dosage. This will give you a few weeks (or a month) of buffer in case supplies or the mail is slow.
Hope your stuff comes today!
BComplex
(8,053 posts)Thank you!
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)BComplex
(8,053 posts)But I do keep back a few pills just in case. A few years ago, we went through a national shortage of thyroid medicine. Since then, I've been squirreling some away every time.
triron
(22,007 posts)Response to BigmanPigman (Original post)
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)Elections were for the old America...
New America, not so much.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)who should be relieved of their positions, by force if necessary, on January 21, 2021.
Dem2theMax
(9,651 posts)told me that for the past month, they have been having problems getting medications delivered to their customers.
They use UPS to have the medications picked up and then delivered to the USPS. My medication moved quite quickly while it was in the hands of UPS. The minute it hit the post office it came to a dead halt. It sat in a post office two hours from my house for three days.
I had to contact Costco, who then contacted the post office, and then it finally started to move. Took three weeks to get a medication that should have taken a week at the most to receive.
Gentleman at Costco mail order told me this has been going on for a month. Their customers are extremely frustrated. The employees at Costco mail order spend all day on the phone dealing with upset customers and tracking their orders.
I'm quite sure the guy at Costco knew why it was happening. We both danced around the 'why,' but I'm quite sure he knew it was because of Trump.
What better way to get people mad at the USPS, than to delay their medications. A lot of these people won't take the time to find out why it's happening. They will just listen to Trump saying 'the post office is horrible, we need to get rid of it.' And the sheep will fall for it.
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)myself. No muss no fuss. And early, like the same day it arrives.
Igel
(35,320 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)that due to increased volume, we should anticipate shipments to take longer to arrive.
I am probably placing 30% to 50% more online orders than I was 6 months ago. I haven't been inside a brick and mortar store since March. I'm ordering all my groceries and household goods and having them delivered.
If I'm relying on USPS, UPS etc, it's likely that others are doing the same. Deliveries have been delayed, a couple of items have been lost only to show up weeks after replacements have arrived.
IMO, it's more likely that this increased load is responsible more than some orchestrated plot.
renate
(13,776 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)This is really happening to others around the country too.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)I really dont trust the mail with it anyway.
ChazII
(6,205 posts)I will be doing this tomorrow.
Grokenstein
(5,725 posts)Several weeks ago, I ordered a package from the UK. Four days to ship from London to Chicago; then it switched to USPS and took ten days to get from Chicago to the San Francisco Bay Area. Tracking was "unavailable" until it arrived. That was in the early stage.
More recently, bought a book on eBay. Shipped with tracking from Indiana on the 16th, hit Chicago the next day. Poof! It's gone! Just turned up this morning in Idaho...almost two full weeks later.
Shipments passing through anywhere else: no delays. Stuff sent from Houston or Atlanta arrives in two days. Going through Chicago? At the rate things are going, by next week it'll take a month.
And I have zero doubt the slowdown will be deliberately spread to every hub well before the election.
Mail early--and spread the word to every forum.
Cha
(297,322 posts)can that be LEGAL?!
I know it doesn't matter if it's legal or NOT for Fucking TREASONOUS ASSHOLES.
This Needs to BE VIRAL!
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)months.
Cha
(297,322 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)People need to be aware and have a plan concerning voting. I plan to vote early, in person, but if Trump prevents 5% of our voters from voting, then just people like me voting may not be enough.
Cha
(297,322 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,579 posts)
had not received ANY mail for a week.
I haven't had a chance to chat her up on Facebook since, but, still, A FREAKING WEEK!
New Breed Leader
(624 posts)Nm
Captain Zero
(6,811 posts)Maybe the NALC can provide some insight to the pressure on or directions to their members? I would assume the NALC supports Biden and would not do a slow down that would harm their reputation.
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)Seattle has closed several miles of streets in a 'Stay Healthy Streets' plan that allows only delivery and residents, along with a mix of pedestrians and bicycles.
Residents on some of those streets recently got the following note from the USPS that it was no longer safe for the letter carriers to drive/deliver on those streets, so people would have to go to a main branch office a few miles away to pick up their mail, on weekdays between 8AM and 4PM. Yeah, that'll work for the people that have to go to work on a regular basis, or the seniors in the neighborhood that get medications delivered by mail, and others that may not be able to make the trip to get their mail.
(One resident posted today that they did get their mail, so they may have delayed or modified this action.)
Delmette2.0
(4,166 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)to take his knee off the neck of the USPO, so it can breathe. I suggest that we stop all transactions by our home computers and go back to the letter carrier.
Send greetings to a friend? Mail a card.
I frequently send images from NC to a friend in OR. Now, I will mail a thumbdrive.
The idea is to jam up the USPO to the point that it is intolerable to financial institutions.
But, I will do early voting in person or mail in a ballot early.
Delmette2.0
(4,166 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)to take his knee off the neck of the USPO, so it can breathe. I suggest that we stop all transactions by our home computers and go back to the letter carrier.
Send greetings to a friend? Mail a card.
I frequently send images from NC to a friend in OR. Now, I will mail a thumbdrive.
The idea is to jam up the USPO to the point that it is intolerable to financial institutions.
But, I will do early voting in person or mail in a ballot early.
ConstanceCee
(314 posts)In Virginia, with mail in ballots, there is a feature that allows you to check that your ballot was received and your vote was recorded. We also have early in-person voting for 45 days before election day. Look at voteva2020.com.
phylny
(8,380 posts)and I plan to drop off my ballot early.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)tinrobot
(10,903 posts)KS Toronado
(17,259 posts)to mail in ballots postmarks. So is this what trumpig and his buddies are up to?
Are they getting their ducks in a row so on Nov 3rd they can claim " We're behind
deliveries because of coronovirus so naturally some ballots did not get postmarked
properly for the election officials, SO SORRY YOUR VOTE DOESN'T COUNT"
mdbl
(4,973 posts)I am sorry but that's all that comes to mind when i hear about these people. This should be a crime to slow the mail down on purpose. Hopefully we will get a justice dept that gives a shit again some day.
jorgevlorgan
(8,301 posts)Dont trust them to be mailed in an efficient manner.
LymphocyteLover
(5,644 posts)Sunsky
(1,737 posts)In Broward County, we can drop our ballots off at the SOE office. They have dropboxes for mail-in ballots. I'll do that.
A mail person from Wisconsin (I think) called Randi Rhodes today and reported that she's being told by her supervisor not to touch the mail-in ballots.
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)Mainly because the USPS postmaster is a tRump crony -- that just opens the door to all kinds of cheating and fraud.
I can just see it now, trays of ballots suddenly mysteriously 'vanishing' or being opened and 'sorted' behind closed doors.
If we've learned anything, it's that the GOP would step on its own grandmother to win.
live love laugh
(13,118 posts)Early isnt necessarily any better in the face of unprecedented corruption of another government institution.
greyl
(22,990 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)they are finally dealing with the chronic problem of people getting their mail too quickly.
jimlup
(7,968 posts)If I decide to vote absentee for the General I will carry my ballot down to the city clerk myself.
I don't think I will however, I think I have to vote in person for the General. Too much funny business from the cheating republican opponents and too much at stake.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)since Sunday, probably dying.