{"id":20618,"date":"2020-09-11T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T01:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/09\/11\/states-ask-judge-to-reverse-changes-at-us-postal-service\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:47:29","slug":"states-ask-judge-to-reverse-changes-at-us-postal-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2020\/09\/11\/states-ask-judge-to-reverse-changes-at-us-postal-service\/","title":{"rendered":"States ask judge to reverse changes at US Postal Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SEATTLE \u2014 A group of states suing over service cuts at the U.S. Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election<\/a> is at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has already said he\u2019s halting some of the changes<\/a>, including the removal of distinctive blue mailboxes and of sorting machines at some processing facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, two remain in effect, the states argue, noting the Postal Service is no longer treating election mail as the equivalent of first class mail, and the so-called \u201cleave behind\u201d policy requires that postal trucks leave at certain times, whether or not there is additional mail to load.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a motion filed in U.S. District Court in Yakima, Washington, late Wednesday, the 14 states \u2014 including the election battlegrounds of Nevada, Michigan and Wisconsin \u2014 said mail delays have eased since the service cuts first created a national uproar in July, but on-time deliveries remain well below their prior levels, meaning millions of pieces of mail that would otherwise arrive on-time no longer are.<\/p>\n\n\n\t