Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, called the removal of the letter collection boxes “voter suppression” on Twitter. “You oughta go online and check out what they’re doing in Oregon. They’re going around literally with tractor-trailers picking up mailboxes,” he said. I wonder if you’re outside trying to hold down your mailboxes. “I was joking earlier with a couple on the call. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called the removal of letter collection boxes “bizarre” during an online fundraiser Friday. RELATED: Exclusive: Postal service inspector general reviewing DeJoy’s policy changes and potential ethics conflicts The USPS has also begun notifying postal workers in at least three states – West Virginia, Florida and Missouri – that they will start to reduce their retail operating hours, according to union officials. Officials say that in the last week the USPS has removed letter collection boxes in at least four states: New York, Oregon, Montana and Indiana. Kim Frum – a spokeswoman for USPS based at headquarters – could not say if the freeze would go into effect across the country and would not comment on the freeze in the Western region. It’s not clear if the removal freeze would go into effect across the nation. That means, according to Spurgeon, the USPS will stop collecting the letter collection boxes only in: Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Alaska, Nebraska and small parts of Wisconsin and Missouri.
In a statement Friday night, Rod Spurgeon – a USPS spokesperson for the service’s the Western region – told CNN that the service will stop the removal of letter collection boxes in 16 states and parts of two others until after the election. The change came after CNN and others reported on Friday that the US Postal Service has started reducing post office operating hours across several states and removing letter collection boxes, according to union officials.
The US Postal Service will stop taking letter collection boxes off streets in Western states following accusations the removals would further limit some voters ability to send back mail-in ballots.
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