From struggling against rising oil prices to reportedly being out of touch with the news cycle, President Donald Trump has his midterm election work cut out for him. To improve his chances of winning regardless of voters' wishes, Trump has tried to restrict mail-in voting. Now a new report reveals t...

“New Mexico officials are talking to FedEx and UPS about using their companies to deliver mail ballots instead of the Postal Service, said Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D),” reported The Washington Post’s Patrick Marley and Justin Jouvenal on Sunday. “The cost would be manageable because the state sends out a relatively small number of mail-in ballots, she said. ‘We are still planning for plan B in a worst-case scenario,’ she said. ‘There are other ways to deliver ballots.’”

  • moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.comEnglish
    6·
    6 hours ago

    If you think for profit companies are honest and aren’t going to sabotage their customers at the demands of their government’s pressure (NSLs), I have a bridge to sell you

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    9 hours ago

    Kinda sucks that the USPS is diminished either way. Even if we nip this creeping fascism in the bud, the price is forcing states to use these private couriers for ballots, further eroding the Postal Service’s reason for existing.

    The USPS operates under a Universal Service Obligation to provide mail service to every addressing the US, no matter how remote, and regardless of whether the delivery is part of a profitable route. The irony is that if Republicans suceed in abolishing or privatizing it, Republican voters in rural areas will find themselves paying the true cost of delivery to their locations. Yet again, Republicans vote for politicians who actively work to undermine those voter’s interests.

    • cardboardboxfort@lemmy.world
      13·
      6 hours ago

      Corposhills have been trying to destroy the USPS for years now. They are invested in competitors and don’t like how USPS subsidizes cheaper postage rates. Ironically states resorting to using Fedex and UPS to deliver ballots is exactly what these shills want.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 hours ago

      Yet again, Republicans vote for politicians who actively work to undermine those voter’s interests.

      The need to own the libz. Also women, POC, LGBTQ, etc…honestly, the tribal, cult-like need to hurt others is really their brand. Even if they are repeatedly a shot in the shorts all the time in that process.