A federal judge on Thursday approved an agreement between the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and civil rights groups that would implement measures to ensure that absentee voting in Georgia was delivered in time for the two-month second Senate election. state.
The parties filed the agreement in court Wednesday afternoon in an effort to “avoid the cost and burden of a new litigation by the time of the Georgia election.”
The deal is the result of numerous ongoing lawsuits filed by groups such as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Vote Forward that originally responded to the Trump administration’s postal service cuts.
“All votes must be counted and this agreement with the USPS is an important step in ensuring that the postal voting process for Georgia’s second-round elections will ensure the timely delivery of ballot boxes,” he said. Sam Spital, director of litigation at the Legal Defense Fund, “The agreement provides for prioritization of ballot delivery, timely resolution of any delays in the delivery system, and transparency in the USPS process to ensure that no deprive voters of their right “.
The Department of Justice, which represents the postal services in the cases, has appealed against the court orders to dismiss the postmaster general Louis DeJoy
Louis DeJoy’s calendar published by Postal Service is drafted almost entirely Postal employees report delays across the country amid holiday shipping.the directives published earlier this year to reduce delivery services.
DeJoy issued radical changes to staff, equipment and other services in June and July, citing the need to reduce costs amid the coronavirus pandemic. The move provoked a backlash from Democrats and critics who accused the postmaster, a selection of President Trump
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The agreement will require Georgia postal facilities to periodically sweep undelivered ballots until the Jan. 5 election and continue to use expedited delivery services for postal voting.
The plaintiffs agreed not to ask the federal district court of Washington, DC, for any additional order in their cases until after the election.
The two Senate races in Georgia will decide which party will control the upper house as president-elect Joe Biden
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The news of the agreement comes when the postal service has experienced severe delays in mail during the holidays.