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Nearly 700 Protests Planned for Saturday at Post Offices Across Country as DeJoy Slammed for Defense



by Julia Conley, staff writer


As of Friday afternoon, more than 650 demonstrations were planned as part of "Save the Post Office Saturday," a national day of action in which people across the U.S. will demand that President Donald Trump and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy end their assault on the U.S. Postal Service. Demonstrations will begin at 11:00 am local time.

The number of planned protests at hundreds of post offices grew as DeJoy testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Friday, telling lawmakers he has "no intention" of returning hundreds of mail sorting machines that have been decommissioned in recent weeks, severely cutting postal workers' ability to deliver mail quickly. The postmaster general claimed the machines are not needed.


The removal of machines in battleground states including Florida, Pennsylvania, and Michigan will have serious implications for the general election in November, civil rights advocates have warned, as many Americans—particularly Democratic voters—plan to vote by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic.

This week, DeJoy announced he was suspending changes to mail operations until after the November election to "avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail," but made clear that he has no plans to return mailboxes and sorting machines that were removed or restore overtime hours that he cut.

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