Federal judge blocks DeJoy’s controversial USPS changes ahead of presidential election

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  • A federal judge has temporarily blocked the changes that were blamed for delays in mail delivery across the US after Louis DeJoy took over as Postmaster General.
  • Judge Stanley Bastian said DeJoy and President Trump were "involved in a politically motivated attack" that could slow down the delivery of ballots.
  • A Senate report revealed that the USPS delivery rate has dropped by 7% since changes were implemented.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has spent much of his tenure as CEO of the USPS making drastic changes ahead of the November presidential election, but on Thursday, a federal judge granted a request from 14 US states to block many of those new policies and protocols that have been blamed for delays in mail delivery.

The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Stanley Bastian, chief judge of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, said in a court hearing that Postmaster DeJoy and the President were "involved in a politically motivated attack," adding that the changes that have been made to the USPS could slow down the delivery of ballots and potentially disenfranchise many voters who would otherwise have been able to vote by mail.

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