{"id":12053,"date":"2020-09-21T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/21\/ny-judge-postal-service-must-timely-process-election-mail\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:35:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:35:44","slug":"ny-judge-postal-service-must-timely-process-election-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2020\/09\/21\/ny-judge-postal-service-must-timely-process-election-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"NY judge: Postal Service must timely process election mail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW YORK \u2014 The U.S. Postal Service must live up to its responsibilities to timely process election mail by treating it as a priority, a New York judge ordered on Monday, adding that the agency\u2019s workers should be permitted to make extra deliveries and work overtime near the November presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The written decision by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero came after several individuals, including candidates for public office, sued. They said President Donald Trump, the postal service and its new postmaster general were endangering election mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marrero gave both sides until noon Friday to settle the case in a manner consistent with his findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If they fail, Marrero said he\u2019ll impose an order that ensures postal workers can make late and extra trips as well as work overtime in late October and early November.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2020\/09\/21\/us-judge-blocks-postal-service-changes-that-slowed-mail\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20261732558740.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them \u201ca politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service\u201d before the November election.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe right to vote is too vital a value in our democracy to be left in a state of suspense in the minds of voters weeks before a presidential election, raising doubts as to whether their votes will ultimately be counted,\u201d Marrero said. He ruled after conducting a hearing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian in Yakima, Washington, said he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/congress\/2020\/09\/20\/us-judge-blocks-postal-service-changes-that-slowed-mail\/\" target=_blank>issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction<\/a> sought by 14 states that sued the Trump administration and the U.S. Postal Service, challenging the agency\u2019s so-called \u201cleave behind\u201d policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The policy let trucks leave postal facilities on time regardless of whether there was more mail to load. States also sought to force the Postal Service to treat election mail as first-class mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The controversy regarding mail delivery arose as many more voters prepared to vote by mail this November because of the coronavirus pandemic. Multiple lawsuits have been filed.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2020\/08\/19\/postal-service-halts-some-changes-amid-outcry-lawsuits\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20231705388481.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Postal Service halts some changes amid outcry, lawsuits<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Facing mounting public pressure and a crush of state lawsuits, President Donald Trump&#039;s new postmaster general says he is halting some operational changes to mail delivery that critics blame for widespread delays and warn could disrupt the November election.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid a growing controversy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/congress\/2020\/08\/31\/postal-chief-dejoy-has-long-leveraged-connections-dollars\/\" target=_blank>Postmaster General Louis DeJoy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/congress\/2020\/09\/08\/house-to-investigate-postal-chief-dejoy-for-possible-campaign-law-violations\/\" target=_blank>a major donor to Trump and the GOP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/congress\/2020\/08\/19\/postal-service-halts-some-changes-amid-outcry-lawsuits\/\" target=_blank>suspended some changes<\/a> that threatened to slow election mail, including the removal of iconic blue mailboxes in many cities and the decommissioning of mail processing machines. But he refused to reinstall the machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marrero said Trump and DeJoy have made statements that give \u201crise to management and operational confusion, to directives that tend to generate uncertainty as to who is in charge of policies that ultimately could affect the reliability of absentee ballots, thus potentially discouraging voting by mail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cConflicting, vague, and ambivalent managerial signals could also sow substantial doubt about whether the USPS is up to the task, whether it possesses the institutional will power and commitment to its historical mission, and so to handle the exceptional burden associated with a profoundly critical task in our democratic system, that of collecting and delivering election mail a few weeks from now,\u201d Marrero said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Messages seeking comment were left with spokespeople for the Postal 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