State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies.
In an alarming letter, the officials said that over the past year, including the just-concluded primary season, mailed ballots that were postmarked on time were received by local election offices days after the deadline to be counted. They also noted that properly addressed election mail was being returned to them as undeliverable, a problem that could automatically send voters to inactive status through no fault of their own, potentially creating chaos when those voters show up to cast a ballot.
By design. Why Biden didn’t oust Louis Dejoy I will never understand.
hE dOeSn’T hAvE tHe PoWeR
Can you elaborate or just meme?
Can you use a search engine?
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/2022/08/24/can-biden-fire-us-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy/
I can, I just prefer people that make dumb AF posts to back them up. That’s all.
After reading through that article, I want to highlight this particular paragraph…
“The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors has sole authority to hire and fire the postmaster general, the highest position in the organization. Though pressure mounts from Democrats and watchdogs to remove DeJoy from his seat at the top of the agency, Biden lacks the power to do so.”
Now maybe in misinterpreting this, but I think it says Biden can’t remove him.
So I guess it is just meming without elaboration. Glad we could clear that up
He does now though: “Official act, fuck you.” (per Trump v. United States, No. 23-939)
And yet he has, and has had, the power to appoint governors to directly fix the problem.
So you’re saying he doesn’t have the power to remove DeJoy? Got it
Sorry about your reading comprehension
One of us made a verifiably false statement. And it wasn’t me.
So, an actual answer if you’re interested.
No, the President does not have the power to remove him. When the Post Office was reformed into USPS in the 1970’s, the selection of Postmaster General is made by the Board of Governors of the Postal Service. These board members have 7 year terms, and are appointed by the President, with Senate approval.
The Postmaster General has no fixed term, and serves until the Board decides otherwise.
There are 9 members of the Board, and no more than 5 can be from the same party. The Postmaster General and Deputy Postmaster General are also voting members of the Board, though there are some things they can’t vote on.
Removing requires an absolute majority - so even though a quorum is 6, there needs to be 5 votes to remove DeJoy.
No member of the Board can serve more than 2 terms, and they can’t be removed without a gross violation - misconduct for example.
So despite the spongebob meme reference reply near mine, no, Biden can’t just remove DeJoy.
I think it’s pretty fucking clear that letting a postmaster general intentionally destroy and disrupt the USPS is a gross violation and obvious misconduct. It’s like if I just started deleting repos and databases and service clusters and backups at my job. I’d be fired for cause immediately. The fact that they don’t means they must be on the take, in one way or another.
Thanks for the reply. I’m pretty sure I read that some of the board has already been replaced by Biden, but it sounds like it’s still not enough to oust this jackass. What a mess.
Five Biden appointees are now serving on the board, and have been since 2022. If Biden wanted DeJoy gone, he would be gone because Biden would’ve picked appointees who opposed him. Clearly, that didn’t happen, so clearly, Biden doesn’t actually care as much as we want him to.
We have a bingo
I don’t think people are being duped, they just don’t understand the concept of shifting the Overton window.
This ratcheting image is way easier for mechanically inclined people to understand. Hope it catches on.