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Mail collection boxes were removed from the streets in many cities; after photos of boxes being removed were spread on social media, a postal service spokesman said they were being moved to higher traffic areas but that the removals would stop until after the election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/14/people-are-freaking-out-about-mailbox-removals-postal-service-says-its-routine/|title=Postal Service will stop removing mailboxes|last=Bogage|first=Jacob|date=August 14, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816202417/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/14/people-are-freaking-out-about-mailbox-removals-postal-service-says-its-routine/|url-status=live}}</ref> | Mail collection boxes were removed from the streets in many cities; after photos of boxes being removed were spread on social media, a postal service spokesman said they were being moved to higher traffic areas but that the removals would stop until after the election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/14/people-are-freaking-out-about-mailbox-removals-postal-service-says-its-routine/|title=Postal Service will stop removing mailboxes|last=Bogage|first=Jacob|date=August 14, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816202417/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/14/people-are-freaking-out-about-mailbox-removals-postal-service-says-its-routine/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
The inspector general for the postal service opened an investigation into the recent changes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-postal-service-inspector-general-investigating-changes-post-offices/|title=U.S. Postal Service inspector general is investigating changes at post offices|last=Segers|first=Grace|date=August 15, 2020|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815160222/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-postal-service-inspector-general-investigating-changes-post-offices/|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 16 the House of Representatives was called back from its summer recess to consider a bill rolling back all of the changes.<ref name=Pelosi>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/us/politics/coronavirus-postal-service-stimulus-bill.html|title=Pelosi to Recall House for Postal Service Vote as Democrats Press for DeJoy to Testify|last1=Cochrane|first1=Emily|last2=Edmondson|first2=Catie|date=August 16, 2020|work= | The inspector general for the postal service opened an investigation into the recent changes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-postal-service-inspector-general-investigating-changes-post-offices/|title=U.S. Postal Service inspector general is investigating changes at post offices|last=Segers|first=Grace|date=August 15, 2020|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815160222/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-postal-service-inspector-general-investigating-changes-post-offices/|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 16 the House of Representatives was called back from its summer recess to consider a bill rolling back all of the changes.<ref name=Pelosi>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/us/politics/coronavirus-postal-service-stimulus-bill.html|title=Pelosi to Recall House for Postal Service Vote as Democrats Press for DeJoy to Testify|last1=Cochrane|first1=Emily|last2=Edmondson|first2=Catie|date=August 16, 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 17, 2020|archive-date=August 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817005620/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/us/politics/coronavirus-postal-service-stimulus-bill.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
On August 18, 2020, after days of heavy criticism and the day after lawsuits against the Postal Service and DeJoy personally were filed in federal court by several individuals,<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Wallace|first1=Danielle|last2=Mears|first2=Bill|date=August 17, 2020|title=First in expected flood of lawsuits against USPS, Trump filed in NY federal court|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/postal-service-usps-lawsuit-dejoy-testify-congress|access-date=August 17, 2020|work=[[Fox News]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817220726/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/postal-service-usps-lawsuit-dejoy-testify-congress|url-status=live}}</ref> DeJoy announced that he would roll back all the changes until after the November election. He said he would reinstate overtime hours, roll back service reductions, and halt the removal of mail-sorting machines and collection boxes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-will-hold-postal-service-hearing-with-dejoy-on-friday-as-mail-delay-fears-grow/2020/08/18/5f978e76-e14f-11ea-8dd2-d07812bf00f7_story.html|title=Postmaster general announces he is 'suspending' policies that were blamed for causing mail delays|last=Bogage|first=Jacob|date=August 18, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818190834/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-will-hold-postal-service-hearing-with-dejoy-on-friday-as-mail-delay-fears-grow/2020/08/18/5f978e76-e14f-11ea-8dd2-d07812bf00f7_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, 95 percent of the mail sorting machines that were planned for removal had already been removed,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gordon|first=Aaron|date=August 19, 2020|title=DeJoy's USPS Policy Rollbacks Don't Appear to Change Much|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8kwk/usps-policy-change-rollbacks-postmaster-general-dejoy|access-date=August 20, 2020|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|language=en|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819235129/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8kwk/usps-policy-change-rollbacks-postmaster-general-dejoy|url-status=live}}</ref> and according to [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|House Speaker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]], DeJoy said he has no intention of replacing them or the mail collection boxes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pelosi|first=Nancy|date=August 19, 2020|title=Earlier today, I spoke with Postmaster General DeJoy regarding his alleged pause in operational changes. During our conversation, he admitted he has no intention of replacing the sorting machines, blue mailboxes and other infrastructure that have been removed.|url=https://twitter.com/speakerpelosi/status/1296148989646188546|access-date=August 20, 2020|website=[[Twitter]]|language=en|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050901/https://twitter.com/speakerpelosi/status/1296148989646188546|url-status=live}}</ref> | On August 18, 2020, after days of heavy criticism and the day after lawsuits against the Postal Service and DeJoy personally were filed in federal court by several individuals,<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Wallace|first1=Danielle|last2=Mears|first2=Bill|date=August 17, 2020|title=First in expected flood of lawsuits against USPS, Trump filed in NY federal court|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/postal-service-usps-lawsuit-dejoy-testify-congress|access-date=August 17, 2020|work=[[Fox News]]|language=en-US|archive-date=August 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817220726/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/postal-service-usps-lawsuit-dejoy-testify-congress|url-status=live}}</ref> DeJoy announced that he would roll back all the changes until after the November election. He said he would reinstate overtime hours, roll back service reductions, and halt the removal of mail-sorting machines and collection boxes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-will-hold-postal-service-hearing-with-dejoy-on-friday-as-mail-delay-fears-grow/2020/08/18/5f978e76-e14f-11ea-8dd2-d07812bf00f7_story.html|title=Postmaster general announces he is 'suspending' policies that were blamed for causing mail delays|last=Bogage|first=Jacob|date=August 18, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=August 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818190834/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-will-hold-postal-service-hearing-with-dejoy-on-friday-as-mail-delay-fears-grow/2020/08/18/5f978e76-e14f-11ea-8dd2-d07812bf00f7_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, 95 percent of the mail sorting machines that were planned for removal had already been removed,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gordon|first=Aaron|date=August 19, 2020|title=DeJoy's USPS Policy Rollbacks Don't Appear to Change Much|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8kwk/usps-policy-change-rollbacks-postmaster-general-dejoy|access-date=August 20, 2020|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|language=en|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819235129/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg8kwk/usps-policy-change-rollbacks-postmaster-general-dejoy|url-status=live}}</ref> and according to [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|House Speaker]] [[Nancy Pelosi]], DeJoy said he has no intention of replacing them or the mail collection boxes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pelosi|first=Nancy|date=August 19, 2020|title=Earlier today, I spoke with Postmaster General DeJoy regarding his alleged pause in operational changes. During our conversation, he admitted he has no intention of replacing the sorting machines, blue mailboxes and other infrastructure that have been removed.|url=https://twitter.com/speakerpelosi/status/1296148989646188546|access-date=August 20, 2020|website=[[Twitter]]|language=en|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050901/https://twitter.com/speakerpelosi/status/1296148989646188546|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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{{See also|2020 United States Postal Service crisis}} | {{See also|2020 United States Postal Service crisis}} | ||
Voting by mail has become an increasingly common practice in the United States, with 25% of voters nationwide mailing their ballots in 2016 and 2018. The [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]] of 2020 was predicted to cause a large increase in mail voting because of the possible danger of congregating at polling places.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/06/15/coronavirus-pandemic-makes-mail-voting-even-more-important-editorials-debates/5336826002/|title=Coronavirus makes voting by mail even more important|date=June 15, 2020|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816135016/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/06/15/coronavirus-pandemic-makes-mail-voting-even-more-important-editorials-debates/5336826002/|url-status=live}}</ref> For the 2020 election, a state-by-state analysis concluded that 76% of Americans were eligible to vote by mail in 2020, a record number. The analysis predicted that 80 million ballots could be cast by mail in 2020 – more than double the number in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/11/us/politics/vote-by-mail-us-states.html|title=A Record 76% of Americans Can Vote by Mail in 2020|date=August 14, 2020|work= | Voting by mail has become an increasingly common practice in the United States, with 25% of voters nationwide mailing their ballots in 2016 and 2018. The [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]] of 2020 was predicted to cause a large increase in mail voting because of the possible danger of congregating at polling places.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/06/15/coronavirus-pandemic-makes-mail-voting-even-more-important-editorials-debates/5336826002/|title=Coronavirus makes voting by mail even more important|date=June 15, 2020|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816135016/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/06/15/coronavirus-pandemic-makes-mail-voting-even-more-important-editorials-debates/5336826002/|url-status=live}}</ref> For the 2020 election, a state-by-state analysis concluded that 76% of Americans were eligible to vote by mail in 2020, a record number. The analysis predicted that 80 million ballots could be cast by mail in 2020 – more than double the number in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/11/us/politics/vote-by-mail-us-states.html|title=A Record 76% of Americans Can Vote by Mail in 2020|date=August 14, 2020|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816185758/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/11/us/politics/vote-by-mail-us-states.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Postal Service sent letters to 46 states in July 2020, warning that the service might not be able to meet each state's deadlines for requesting and casting last-minute absentee ballots.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/usps-warns-46-states-cannot-guarantee-mail-in-ballots-will-arrive-in-time-for-election|title=USPS warns 46 states it cannot guarantee mail-in ballots will arrive in time for election|last=Phillips|first=Morgan|date=August 14, 2020|work=[[Fox News]]|access-date=August 15, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816235657/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/usps-warns-46-states-cannot-guarantee-mail-in-ballots-will-arrive-in-time-for-election|url-status=live}}</ref> The House of Representatives voted to include an emergency grant of $25 billion to the post office to facilitate the predicted flood of mail ballots,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/13/902109991/trump-admits-to-opposing-funding-for-postal-service-to-block-more-voting-by-mail|title=Trump Opposes Postal Service Funding But Says He'd Sign Bill Including It|last=Sprunt|first=Barbara|date=August 13, 2020|work=[[NPR]]|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=August 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823073156/https://www.npr.org/2020/08/13/902109991/trump-admits-to-opposing-funding-for-postal-service-to-block-more-voting-by-mail|url-status=live}}</ref> but the bill never reached the Senate floor for a vote.<ref name=USCongress20>{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4174 |title=S.4174 – Postal Service Emergency Assistance Act |date=July 2, 2020 |website=Congress.gov |access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref><ref name=TCI21>{{cite news |last=Mazzenga |first=David |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Commissioners seek remedy to postal delays |url=https://www.tricountyindependent.com/story/news/2021/01/22/county-officials-ask-congress-solve-mail-delay/4173065001/ |work=Tri-County Independent |access-date=March 2, 2023}}</ref> | ||
A March 2021 report from the Postal Service's inspector general found that the vast majority of mail-in ballots and registration materials in the 2020 election were delivered to the relevant authorities on time.<ref name=NPR21>{{cite news |last=Naylor |first=Brian |date=March 9, 2021 |title=Postal Service Delivered Vast Majority Of Mail Ballots On Time, Report Finds |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/09/975198962/postal-service-delivered-vast-majority-of-mail-ballots-on-time-report-finds |work=[[NPR]] |access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref><ref name=USPS21>{{cite web |url=https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2021/20-318-R21.pdf |title=Service Performance of Election and Political Mail During the November 2020 General Election |date=March 5, 2021 |website=USPS Office of Inspector General |access-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208214155/https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2021/20-318-R21.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Postal Service handled approximately 135 million pieces of election-related mail between September 1 and November 3, delivering 97.9% of ballots from voters to election officials within three days, and 99.89% of ballots within seven days.<ref name=NPR21/><ref name=AP22>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=July 28, 2022 |title=New USPS election division will oversee mail-in ballots |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-united-states-presidential-election-2020-294f320df8a6ff9451888ae2778b1a06 |work=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref> | A March 2021 report from the Postal Service's inspector general found that the vast majority of mail-in ballots and registration materials in the 2020 election were delivered to the relevant authorities on time.<ref name=NPR21>{{cite news |last=Naylor |first=Brian |date=March 9, 2021 |title=Postal Service Delivered Vast Majority Of Mail Ballots On Time, Report Finds |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/03/09/975198962/postal-service-delivered-vast-majority-of-mail-ballots-on-time-report-finds |work=[[NPR]] |access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref><ref name=USPS21>{{cite web |url=https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2021/20-318-R21.pdf |title=Service Performance of Election and Political Mail During the November 2020 General Election |date=March 5, 2021 |website=USPS Office of Inspector General |access-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208214155/https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2021/20-318-R21.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Postal Service handled approximately 135 million pieces of election-related mail between September 1 and November 3, delivering 97.9% of ballots from voters to election officials within three days, and 99.89% of ballots within seven days.<ref name=NPR21/><ref name=AP22>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=July 28, 2022 |title=New USPS election division will oversee mail-in ballots |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-united-states-presidential-election-2020-294f320df8a6ff9451888ae2778b1a06 |work=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref> | ||
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Since the 1990s, Republicans have been discussing the idea of privatizing the U.S. Postal Service.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0207/07014.html|title=Republicans Eye US Postal Service For Privatization Push|last=Popiel|first=Leslie Albrecht|date=February 7, 1995|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017111006/https://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0207/07014.html|url-status=live}}</ref> President Trump's administration proposed turning USPS into "a private postal operator" as part of a June 2018 governmental reorganization plan, although there was strong bipartisan opposition to the idea in Congress.<ref name="privatize">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/24/congressional-opposition-trumps-postal-cuts-privatization-plan-grows/|title=Congressional opposition to Trump's postal cuts, privatization plan grows|last=Davidson|first=Joe|date=September 24, 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814123957/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/24/congressional-opposition-trumps-postal-cuts-privatization-plan-grows/|url-status=live}}</ref> | Since the 1990s, Republicans have been discussing the idea of privatizing the U.S. Postal Service.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0207/07014.html|title=Republicans Eye US Postal Service For Privatization Push|last=Popiel|first=Leslie Albrecht|date=February 7, 1995|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017111006/https://www.csmonitor.com/1995/0207/07014.html|url-status=live}}</ref> President Trump's administration proposed turning USPS into "a private postal operator" as part of a June 2018 governmental reorganization plan, although there was strong bipartisan opposition to the idea in Congress.<ref name="privatize">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/24/congressional-opposition-trumps-postal-cuts-privatization-plan-grows/|title=Congressional opposition to Trump's postal cuts, privatization plan grows|last=Davidson|first=Joe|date=September 24, 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814123957/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/24/congressional-opposition-trumps-postal-cuts-privatization-plan-grows/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
On December 17, 2017, President Trump criticized the postal service's relationship with Amazon. In a post on Twitter, he stated: "Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2017/12/29/trump-criticizes-the-postal-service-for-charging-amazon-so-little/#570173e82c46|last=Banker|first=Steve|date=December 29, 2017|title=President Trump, Here's Why The Postal Service Is Charging Amazon 'So Little'|magazine=[[Forbes]]|access-date=October 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031215510/https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2017/12/29/trump-criticizes-the-postal-service-for-charging-amazon-so-little/#570173e82c46|archive-date=October 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Amazon maintains that the Postal Service makes a profit from its contract with the company.<ref name="nyt-fact-check">Gold, Michael, and Katie Rogers (March 29, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-post-office-fact-check.html "The Facts Behind Trump's Tweets on Amazon, Taxes and the Postal Service."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621000623/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-post-office-fact-check.html |date=June 21, 2019}} '' | On December 17, 2017, President Trump criticized the postal service's relationship with Amazon. In a post on Twitter, he stated: "Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2017/12/29/trump-criticizes-the-postal-service-for-charging-amazon-so-little/#570173e82c46|last=Banker|first=Steve|date=December 29, 2017|title=President Trump, Here's Why The Postal Service Is Charging Amazon 'So Little'|magazine=[[Forbes]]|access-date=October 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031215510/https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2017/12/29/trump-criticizes-the-postal-service-for-charging-amazon-so-little/#570173e82c46|archive-date=October 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Amazon maintains that the Postal Service makes a profit from its contract with the company.<ref name="nyt-fact-check">Gold, Michael, and Katie Rogers (March 29, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-post-office-fact-check.html "The Facts Behind Trump's Tweets on Amazon, Taxes and the Postal Service."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621000623/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/us/politics/trump-amazon-post-office-fact-check.html |date=June 21, 2019}} ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 9, 2019.</ref> On June 21, 2018, Trump proposed a sweeping reorganization but Congress did not act.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-fix-for-postal-service-privatize-it-1529659801|last=Smith|first=Jennifer|date=June 22, 2018|title=Trump's Fix for Postal Service: Privatize It|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=October 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921124706/https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-fix-for-postal-service-privatize-it-1529659801|archive-date=September 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
[[Lisa Graves]] has documented decades-long efforts to privatize the U.S. Postal Service through driving the public service to financial collapse.<ref>Graves, Lisa, ''[https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/wp-content/uploads/ITPI_USPSPrivatization_July2020.pdf The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822140127/https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/wp-content/uploads/ITPI_USPSPrivatization_July2020.pdf |date=August 22, 2020}}'', In The Public Interest, July 2020</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/the-billionaire-behind-efforts-to-kill-the-usps/ |title=ITPI – In The Public Interest |date=July 9, 2020 |access-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805155423/https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/the-billionaire-behind-efforts-to-kill-the-usps/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Moyers, Bill, ''[https://billmoyers.com/story/bill-moyers-talks-with-lisa-graves-about-the-ongoing-threat-to-the-us-postal-service/ Bill Moyers Talks with Lisa Graves about the Ongoing Threat to the US Postal Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822121741/https://billmoyers.com/story/bill-moyers-talks-with-lisa-graves-about-the-ongoing-threat-to-the-us-postal-service/ |date=August 22, 2020}}'', Moyers on Democracy, August 19, 2020</ref> The Council on Foreign Relations brings up the idea of bringing USPS online with a digital identity via an email address.<ref>{{cite web|title=To Save the Postal Service, Bring It Online|url=https://www.cfr.org/article/save-postal-service-bring-it-online|access-date=December 9, 2021|website=Council on Foreign Relations|language=en|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209200256/https://www.cfr.org/article/save-postal-service-bring-it-online|url-status=live}}</ref> USPS explored a digital identity using an email address in its "Digital Identity – Opportunities for the Postal Service" report in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2015/rarc-wp-12-011_0.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120125719/https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2015/rarc-wp-12-011_0.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Lisa Graves]] has documented decades-long efforts to privatize the U.S. Postal Service through driving the public service to financial collapse.<ref>Graves, Lisa, ''[https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/wp-content/uploads/ITPI_USPSPrivatization_July2020.pdf The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822140127/https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/wp-content/uploads/ITPI_USPSPrivatization_July2020.pdf |date=August 22, 2020}}'', In The Public Interest, July 2020</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/the-billionaire-behind-efforts-to-kill-the-usps/ |title=ITPI – In The Public Interest |date=July 9, 2020 |access-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805155423/https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/the-billionaire-behind-efforts-to-kill-the-usps/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Moyers, Bill, ''[https://billmoyers.com/story/bill-moyers-talks-with-lisa-graves-about-the-ongoing-threat-to-the-us-postal-service/ Bill Moyers Talks with Lisa Graves about the Ongoing Threat to the US Postal Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822121741/https://billmoyers.com/story/bill-moyers-talks-with-lisa-graves-about-the-ongoing-threat-to-the-us-postal-service/ |date=August 22, 2020}}'', Moyers on Democracy, August 19, 2020</ref> The Council on Foreign Relations brings up the idea of bringing USPS online with a digital identity via an email address.<ref>{{cite web|title=To Save the Postal Service, Bring It Online|url=https://www.cfr.org/article/save-postal-service-bring-it-online|access-date=December 9, 2021|website=Council on Foreign Relations|language=en|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209200256/https://www.cfr.org/article/save-postal-service-bring-it-online|url-status=live}}</ref> USPS explored a digital identity using an email address in its "Digital Identity – Opportunities for the Postal Service" report in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2015/rarc-wp-12-011_0.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120125719/https://www.uspsoig.gov/sites/default/files/document-library-files/2015/rarc-wp-12-011_0.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||