Checking DeJoy in Montana

Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) this week sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy demanding answers about the removal of more than a dozen blue post office drop boxes across the state, as Democrats fear the Trump administration is seeking to sabotage the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ahead of an expected surge in mail voting this November.

In his letter, Tester pointed to media reports and warnings from the Montana Postal Workers Union about the removal and planned removal of drop boxes.

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Tester said his office has received reports of drop boxes being removed from Bozeman and Lewistown and plans for removals in Billings. He asked DeJoy to respond to these reports by Aug. 18.

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USPS spokesperson Kimberly Frum said the Postal Service has for decades installed and removed its “iconic blue” collection mailboxes based on the volume of mail received to each.

She said that low-volume mailboxes are a financial drag on the Postal Service, which lost more than $2 billion in the second quarter.

“It is a fluid process and figures can vary from day-to-day,” Frum said. “Historically, mail boxes have been removed for lack of use and installed in growth areas.”

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She said some low-volume boxes are kept on the streets if they are the only means for sending mail in some neighborhoods, business centers or senior citizen complexes.

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DeJoy said last week he is not “not slowing down election mail or any other mail" and that the USPS has “ample capacity to deliver all election mail securely and on time."

  The Hill

I'd say removing sorting machines will be slowing down the mail.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE: USPS has announced they will stop removing boxes until after the election.