The nation needs Vote-By-Mail but will there be a post office?

Let’s be real. It's no coincidence that right when the nation moves toward voting by mail to protect the public’s health and safety, Trump directly threatens the USPS.

To cope with the pandemic, many states are shifting to vote-by-mail, some for the first time to let people vote from the safety of their homes. But what would happen if the USPS was allowed to collapse, and only private mail delivery services took over, only operating where it was profitable for them? Sounds a lot like our current healthcare system, doesn't it?

This would impact the delivery of medication that many people receive by mail, and delivery of all mail to rural areas that for-profit companies can’t profit from; in many cases, the USPS brings UPS or FedEx packages those crucial final steps to people’s doors, or to tiny rural post offices.

And here’s what may be astounding to learn: the USPS delivers 48% of the entire world’s mail! That’s how much it’s doing to keep our lines of communication open. The USPS is critical to so many aspects of our lives, and in fact, it’s one of the few institutions that is literally written into the U.S. Constitution. That’s how important it is.

Vote-by-mail will be essential for the remainder of this election cycle, through the remaining primaries, and into the general election in November.

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The postal service gives everyone in the country a way to communicate with each other and with their government. Conservatives and Libertarians have dreamed for decades of getting rid of the United States Postal Service which does NOT take public money to operate, it raises all its operating capital from postage revenue and sales.

If you really want to be blown away, read some of the amazing numbers about the size and scope of the USPS here.

That’s why it’s critical that we the people step up to support the United States Postal Service now to prevent the loss of this instrumental and important agency. The more than 600,000 workers employed by the USPS work for us in rain or shine, sleet or snow; let’s show our appreciation for their unwavering service.


In solidarity,

Zeynab Day
Director of Communications
Brand New Congress