The American Postal Workers just issued a statement on the vote-by-mail Executive Order and USPS rulemaking.
The statement takes both the White House administration AND “cowardly” postal management to task for an unconstitutional attack on one-in-three Americans’ chosen method of voting.
“This Executive Order is wrong and unconstitutional, and so is the Postal Service’s rule. They are based on a problem that is not real. Across decades, thanks to the hard work of countless postal workers, hundreds of millions of Americans have safely and securely exercised their right to vote through the mail. Allegations of widespread election mail fraud are quite simply false. And, if implemented, the Postal Service’s rule may create safety concerns for APWU members who will be unfairly blamed for voters not receiving their ballots,” reads the statement. It goes on to warn that “postal workers have not yet been trained in the Postal Service’s proposed new method of handling vote-by-mail and can’t possibly be sufficiently trained in time for the mid-term elections.”
However, despite the pressures, the public should continue to have confidence in the system. “…our message to the American public is clear: you can trust postal workers to get your ballot where it belongs. We have done it for generations and we will do it again this year. We know you are counting on us, and we will deliver.