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DeJoy says USPS ready for 2024 election as members press on delivery declines
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told a House Appropriations subcommittee the Postal Service is prepared to handle election mail in 2024, citing past performance and new operational steps; members pushed back on service drops after regional consolidations and pilots, training gaps, tracking limits and rural impacts.
WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government that the U.S. Postal Service is prepared to deliver ballots for the 2024 election, while lawmakers pressed him on declines in on-time delivery after recent operational changes.
DeJoy said the Postal Service has taken steps to manage election mail and would use “extraordinary measures” close to Election Day to move late ballots, adding that in 2020 the service delivered “99.89% of the ballots … within 7 days.” He described training campaigns, daily operational reporting and special regional teams intended to ensure ballots are identified and prioritized.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed DeJoy on specific performance problems that have emerged after pilots of the Delivering for America plan and other operational changes. Rep. Pokan raised statistics from Wisconsin and Virginia showing…
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