\Montana reporter Maritsa Georgiou revealed on Monday that the United States Postal Service won’t be reinstalling postal boxes in a key senate battleground state, despite Postmaster General Louis DeJoy claiming that changes to the agency won’t be made until after the election.
According to Georgiou, Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) has been in contact with USPS over the removals, and “USPS tells him they will [not] be reinstated until after the election.”
Montana is a crucial battleground state over a Senate seat currently controlled by incumbent Republican Steve Daines, who is going against Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock.
My source says this is a disassembled AFCS100 in Missoula that is being discarded. It basically cancels stamps and faces mail. They say they are supposed to get an upgrade, but it’s unclear when. They worry their remaining machine will go down before it comes. #mtnews #usps pic.twitter.com/AN1U1xDTot
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 20, 2020
I've been reaching out daily to reps with USPS about boxes, machines and today reached out with new questions about the removals in 2009. Just received a response: #mtnews #USPS pic.twitter.com/bGnW1TGvsj
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 20, 2020
Tester's team says they still don't consider this an adequate response and says their count exceeds 14 boxes across the state. They issued this statement from @SenatorTester: #mtpol #USPS #mtnews pic.twitter.com/ZIlVEURqa1
— Maritsa Georgiou (@MaritsaNBCMT) August 20, 2020
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