House Dems summon USPS leaders to testify at listening to on mail

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — The Democratic-run House on Sunday demanded that leaders of the U.S. Postal Service testify at an emergency oversight listening to Aug. 24 on mail delays as considerations develop that the Trump White House is making an attempt to undermine the company throughout the coronavirus pandemic whilst states increase mail-in balloting choices for the November presidential election. The House Oversight and Reform Committee mentioned it needs to listen to from new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and from the chair of the Postal Service board of governors, Robert “Mike” Duncan. With heightened scrutiny of its operations, the company is now inquiring for a short lived preelection price building up, from mid-October via Christmas, even supposing now not

March Primary units new data for mail poll, early balloting

The March number one set new data for mail-in-ballots and early balloting in suburban Cook County, beating some earlier presidential number one data, Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough’s administrative center reported Wednesday. According to figures launched Wednesday, the county set some new data within the March number one, in spite of the coronavirus presenting remarkable demanding situations for electoral government across the state. The choice of returned mail ballots jumped by means of just about 52 p.c from the 2016 document — 47,652 ballots have been despatched again to the clerk’s administrative center this yr, up from the 31,409 returned within the closing presidential number one 4 years in the past. And those that selected to vote early — whether