NAACP Reaches Historic Settlement To Pre-Review USPS Election Mail Handling

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Sarah Reese Jones
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"The NAACP will get to pre-review how the USPS will handle election mail through the 2028 election as part of a lawsuit settlement."

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NAACP Reaches Historic Settlement To Pre-Review USPS Election Mail Handling
The NAACP will get to pre-review how the USPS will handle election mail through the 2028 election as part of a lawsuit settlement.
politicususa.com
12:34 PM · Dec 17, 2021

https://www.politicususa.com/2021/12/17/naacp-reaches-historic-settlement-to-pre-review-usps-election-mail-handling.html

The NAACP will get to pre-review how the USPS will handle election mail through the 2028 election as part of a lawsuit settlement.

According to the NAACP:

Under the settlement, the Postal Service agreed to meet with NAACP in the months before each national primary and general election through 2028 and to provide weekly reports on service performance during the six weeks leading up to general elections.

The Postal Service also will issue guidance documents to address its plans for prioritizing the monitoring and timely delivery of election mail for the national general elections through 2028. The parties expect that these measures will be similar to the “extraordinary measures” used in the weeks leading up to the 2020 general election. Those measures, which the court required the Postal Service to implement in response to motions by the NAACP, helped to ensure that the vast majority of mailed ballots were delivered to the boards of elections in time to be counted.

There will be no more footdragging and trickery as it relates to the processing and delivery of mail-in ballots by the USPS.

The settlement is historic because it mimics the pre-clearance that used to be a part of the Civil Rights Act where states that had a history of voting discrimination had to submit proposed changes in election laws to the Justice Department for review.

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[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. This sounds huge, and pretty great!

[Lovie777]

2. WOW . ..

DeJoy ain't a happy camper.

P.S.

GQP run states will try and outlaw mail in ballots.

[crickets]

4. K&R for visibility. 👏👏👏

[rso]

5. USPS

Hopefully De Joy will be fired after Jan. 1 when Biden’s appointees on the Postal Board have the majority.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

6. I am a lifetime member of the NAACP!!

I became a member about a year ago, after I heard President Biden say that he has been a card-carrying member for decades. I am also going to join the ACLU and the League of Women Voters. All 3 have been around for years doing great things and hiring the best attorneys.