November 11, 2020

Alliance notes

• Forbes, October 22, 2020 — Postal Service Taking New ‘Extraordinary Measures’ To Speed Up Ballot Delivery For Election
• Government Executive, October 22, 2020 — Viewpoint: The Postal Service Will Deliver on Mail-In Voting
• The Hill, October 22, 2020 — US Postal Service says it has processed over 100 million ballots since Sept. 4
• The Hill, October 23, 2020 — Judge orders Postal Service to restore high-speed mail sorting machines
• Reuters, October 23, 2020 — USPS boosts extra trips, returns mail processing machines to service
• Federal News Network, October 23, 2020 — USPS delivers 100M mail-in ballots, authorizes ‘extraordinary measures’ to local management
• Bloomberg, October 26, 2020 — Vote-by-Mail Window May Be Closed, Advocates Say, Urging Drop-Offs
• Government Executive, October 26, 2020 — Despite Struggling With Widespread Mail Delays, USPS Is Processing More Ballots On Time
• Politico, October 27, 2020 — Judge orders USPS to reverse mail collection limits now
• Fox News, October 27, 2020 — USPS recommends Tuesday as final day to mail in ballots before election
• CNN, October 28, 2020 — Court sets plan to make sure Postal Service delivers ballots quickly, one week ahead of Election Day
• The New York Times Magazine, November 2, 2020 — America has never needed its postal workers more.
• USPS Office of Inspector General, November 2, 2020 — Election 2020
• Government Executive, November 3, 2020 — USPS Blames Pandemic for Pockets of Slowed Ballot Processing as Employee Coronavirus Cases Spike
• Federal News Network, November 3, 2020 — USPS sweeps 220 mail processing sites for any undelivered ballots following federal court order
• Government Executive, November 4, 2020 — Here’s What Really Happened With Mail Ballots and USPS on Election Day
• ProPublica, November 4, 2020 — For the Postal Service, a Frantic Election Day Turns to Finger-Pointing the Day After
• Dave Lewis, President, SnailWorks, November 5, 2020 – No, Postal Service Did Not Screw Up the ballots.
• National Association of Letter Carriers, November 7, 2020 — NALC Statement on Presidential Election
• American Postal Workers Union, November 7, 2020 — Statement from APWU President Mark Dimondstein on the election of Joe Biden as U.S. President and Kamala Harris as U.S. Vice President
• CNN, November 7, 2020 — Celebrating crowds cheer US Postal Service workers after Biden declared winner
• TMZ, November 7, 2020 — USPS Mail Truck Gets Champagne Shower As Biden Crowd Celebrates
• Mashable, November 7, 2020 — Excited crowds cheer USPS workers as they celebrate the Biden-Harris win
• Trucks.com, November 9, 2020 — Post Office Mum on Replacement for Aging Mail Truck