What you need to know about US Postal Service's funding crisis, and how it could impact your vote in the November election

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• The United States Postal Service is currently suffering a financial crunch exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The decline in Americans using the Postal Service due to the pandemic accelerated the years-long reductions in first-class mail volume, and financial woes which were manufactured in part by Congress.
• Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is implementing cost-cutting measures including reductions in overtime and late trips that are causing service disruptions and delays in mail delivery in parts of the US.
• In order to ensure your vote is counted, be sure to request your November ballot now and return it over a week in advance, or consider returning your ballot in-person to your election office or a dropbox. 
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The United States Postal Service, an essential service millions of Americans use every day, is currently suffering a financial crunch exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding shortage has increased service disruptions and heightened fears that voters' ballots may not get delivered on time in November. 

On Thursday, President Donald Trump caused alarm by saying he would reject a $25 billion emergency funding grant to help the USPS stay afloat to intentionally sabotage mail-in voting. He later walked back his comments and said he would agree to sign a bill that included urgent funds for the service. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Trump walks back his previous suggestions that he would block a stimulus bill that included emergency funding to the US Postal Service
• Trump admits he's refusing to fund the US Postal Service to sabotage mail-in voting