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Millions of votes in jeopardy: Trump dries up postal services ahead of election
The agency, which is headed by an associate of Trump, has warned various countries that they will not be able to withstand the expected load in November. Biden accuses the president of "attacking democracy," but Trump bases himself on the fact that a postal vote will lead to forgeries and refuses to pass an additional budget. The postmen's union expressed support for Biden
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Saturday, 15 August 2020, 16:54U.S. Postal services warn that millions of votes in the mail may not arrive in time to be counted in the presidential election. In letters sent to several states in the United States last month, the agency warned that some of the deadlines given for voting by mail would not allow the votes to arrive on time. Among the states that received the letter are Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida, all of which are vital swing states that decided Trump’s 2016 victory.
Democrats accuse the head of the Federal Postal Service, who is close to President Donald Trump, of deliberately slowing down shipments. The outbreak of the virus has led to a record number of voters being expected to vote by mail rather than at the ballot box. However, Trump, who himself has previously voted through the mail, claims - without justification - that this vote will lead to widespread forgeries and refuses to increase the budget for the postal service.
According to Trump, a postal vote will go well with his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, who leads him in the polls. According to a poll by Axius, three-quarters of Republicans plan to vote in the ballot box, while half of Democrat voters plan to vote by mail. Biden said it was an "attack on democracy" on Trump's part.
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The postal services, which are in debt of $ 160 billion, are headed by Luis de Joy, a senior Republican donor. His critics said reducing overtime and stopping late shipments increased mail waiting time. The heads of the Democrats in Congress, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, called on Trump to allow the election to be held "without his sabotage tactics" against the postal services.
However, Trump is mature, and refuses to allow an additional budget for the agency. "They need the money for the post office to operate so that it can take all the millions of votes," the Republican president said in an interview with the Fox network. "Now, if we do not reach an agreement, it means they will not get the money. It means they will not be able to get a universal vote in the mail, they will not be able to get it."
In addition, according to a VICE network report, the postal service has removed several mail sorting machines in various places in the United States, which are commonly used for the voting process in elections, for no apparent reason. At the same time, some private mail constitution companies, such as FedEx, have rejected calls for help from federal postal services to ease pressure on them.
