WHY #DTV2020?
The U.S. Postal System Has Been On The Decline
Before the coronavirus pandemic:
- The U.S.post office had been spiraling from financial turmoil.
- Over the past ten years, the many U.S. post offices have been closed.
Now due to the coronavirus pandemic:
- Post Office jobs and positions have been eliminated.
- Rural mail delivery is "stretched thin"
- The postal service is expected to experience a reduction in funding
- Mailboxes have been removed in key states
- Sorting machines have been removed from post offices
- American heavily rely on the mail services for:
- Rural economies
- Delivery of their medicines
- Online businesses and entrepreneurs who rely on the mail services to deliver their goods and services are losing business due to heavy mail delays.
Many abled body people will opt to mail-in their ballots due to their fears of catching and or spreading the deadly coronavirus.
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"Now, as the nation heads toward an election where millions more Americans are likely to vote by mail, the agency’s crisis could threaten the democratic process." The Guardian
What's The National Impact On Voting in 2020?
Impact On the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
- Voter Suppression
- Mail-in Ballots have been thrown out in previous elections
- Mail Fraud
- 46 states and D.C. have been warned their mail-in ballots won’t be received and counted on time
- Mail-in ballots will not be delivered on time and votes will not be counted in time
- Registered Voters without transportation to polling sites will not participate in the voting process
- Heavy delays in the system will result in slow voting count
- Many abled bodied Voters will opt to mail-in their ballots due to the threat of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
- All Votes Will Not Be Counted
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"The U.S. Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to 46 states and D.C. warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted ..." Washington Post