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====Electrifying the USPS fleet====
====Electrifying the USPS fleet====


Starting in 2026, all delivery truck purchases are scheduled to be [[electric vehicles]],<ref name="all-electric">{{cite web |date=2022-12-20 |title=The Postal Service pledges to move to an all-electric delivery fleet |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144458358/postal-service-usps-electric-vehicles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418030936/https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144458358/postal-service-usps-electric-vehicles |archive-date=2023-04-18 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |via=[[NPR]]}}</ref> partly in response to criticism from the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] and an environmental lawsuit,<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2022/04/29/1095481101/usps-postal-service-gas-trucks-lawsuit States sue the U.S. Postal Service over its decision to buy gas-powered trucks]</ref> and also due to availability of new funding provided by the [[Inflation Reduction Act of 2022]].<ref name=WaPo3/><ref name=PoliticoEV/> The Act included $3 billion for electric USPS vehicles,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garrison |first1=Joey |title=Postal Service to electrify fleet by 2026 as part of President Biden's climate push |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/20/postal-service-transition-electric-fleet-2026/10930854002/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=USA Today |date=20 December 2022}}</ref><ref name=WaPo3>{{cite news |last=Bogage |first=Jacob |date=December 20, 2022 |title=Postal Service will electrify trucks by 2026 in climate win for Biden |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/20/usps-ev-vehicles/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=January 23, 2023}}</ref> supporting the initiative by Postmaster General DeJoy and the Biden Administration to add 66,000 electric vehicles to the fleet by 2028.<ref name=PoliticoEV>{{cite news |last=Fuchs |first=Hailey |date=August 13, 2023 |title=Louis DeJoy: From Trump villain to Biden's clean energy buddy |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/13/how-louis-dejoy-went-from-democratic-nightmare-fuel-to-biden-clean-energy-player-00110945 |work=Politico |access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref> The electric fleet will be composed of 9,250 EVs manufactured by [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]; 11,750 [[commercial off-the-shelf]] EVs; and 45,000 [[Oshkosh NGDV|Oshkosh Next Generation Delivery Vehicles]].<ref name=CBSNewsEV>{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Li |date=March 1, 2023 |title=U.S. Postal Service starts nationwide electric vehicle fleet, buying 9,250 EVs and thousands of charging stations |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-postal-service-starts-nationwide-electric-vehicle-fleet-buying-9250-evs-and-thousands-of-charging-stations/ |work=CBS News |access-date=March 30, 2023}}</ref><ref name=VergeEV>{{cite news |last=Calma |first=Justine |date=January 22, 2024 |title=The US Postal Service's new EV chargers are here |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/22/24046897/usps-postal-service-electric-vehicle-charging-event |work=The Verge |access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref> In February 2023, the Postal Service announced its purchase of the Ford EVs as well as 14,000 electric vehicle charging stations.<ref name=CBSNewsEV/><ref name=TheHillEV>{{cite news |last=Budryk |first=Zach |date=March 1, 2023 |title=USPS to purchase 9,000 electric vehicles, install 14,000 charging stations |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3879040-usps-to-purchase-9000-electric-vehicles-install-14000-charging-stations/ |work=The Hill |access-date=March 30, 2023}}</ref> The fleet electrification plan is part of the Postal Service's initiative to reduce carbon emissions from fuel and electricity 40 percent and emissions from contracted services 20 percent by 2030.<ref name=FNNSustainability>{{cite news |last=Heckman |first=Jory |date=February 6, 2024 |title=USPS outlines plan to 'aggressively' reduce carbon footprint by 2030 |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2024/02/usps-plans-to-aggressively-reduce-carbon-footprint-by-2030/ |work=Federal News Network |access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name=PPTISustainability>{{cite news |last=King |first=Hazel |date=February 8, 2024 |title=USPS announces 2030 greenhouse gas emissions targets |url=https://www.parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com/news/sustainability/usps-announces-2030-greenhouse-gas-emissions-targets.html |work=Parcel and Postal Technology International |access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref>
Starting in 2026, all delivery truck purchases are scheduled to be [[electric vehicles]],<ref name="all-electric">{{cite web |date=2022-12-20 |title=The Postal Service pledges to move to an all-electric delivery fleet |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144458358/postal-service-usps-electric-vehicles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418030936/https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144458358/postal-service-usps-electric-vehicles |archive-date=2023-04-18 |publisher=Associated Press |via=[[NPR]]}}</ref> partly in response to criticism from the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] and an environmental lawsuit,<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2022/04/29/1095481101/usps-postal-service-gas-trucks-lawsuit States sue the U.S. Postal Service over its decision to buy gas-powered trucks]</ref> and also due to availability of new funding provided by the [[Inflation Reduction Act of 2022]].<ref name=WaPo3/><ref name=PoliticoEV/> The Act included $3 billion for electric USPS vehicles,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garrison |first1=Joey |title=Postal Service to electrify fleet by 2026 as part of President Biden's climate push |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/20/postal-service-transition-electric-fleet-2026/10930854002/ |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=USA Today |date=20 December 2022}}</ref><ref name=WaPo3>{{cite news |last=Bogage |first=Jacob |date=December 20, 2022 |title=Postal Service will electrify trucks by 2026 in climate win for Biden |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/12/20/usps-ev-vehicles/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=January 23, 2023}}</ref> supporting the initiative by Postmaster General DeJoy and the Biden Administration to add 66,000 electric vehicles to the fleet by 2028.<ref name=PoliticoEV>{{cite news |last=Fuchs |first=Hailey |date=August 13, 2023 |title=Louis DeJoy: From Trump villain to Biden's clean energy buddy |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/13/how-louis-dejoy-went-from-democratic-nightmare-fuel-to-biden-clean-energy-player-00110945 |work=Politico |access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref> The electric fleet will be composed of 9,250 EVs manufactured by [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]; 11,750 [[commercial off-the-shelf]] EVs; and 45,000 [[Oshkosh NGDV|Oshkosh Next Generation Delivery Vehicles]].<ref name=CBSNewsEV>{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Li |date=March 1, 2023 |title=U.S. Postal Service starts nationwide electric vehicle fleet, buying 9,250 EVs and thousands of charging stations |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-postal-service-starts-nationwide-electric-vehicle-fleet-buying-9250-evs-and-thousands-of-charging-stations/ |work=CBS News |access-date=March 30, 2023}}</ref><ref name=VergeEV>{{cite news |last=Calma |first=Justine |date=January 22, 2024 |title=The US Postal Service's new EV chargers are here |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/22/24046897/usps-postal-service-electric-vehicle-charging-event |work=The Verge |access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref> In February 2023, the Postal Service announced its purchase of the Ford EVs as well as 14,000 electric vehicle charging stations.<ref name=CBSNewsEV/><ref name=TheHillEV>{{cite news |last=Budryk |first=Zach |date=March 1, 2023 |title=USPS to purchase 9,000 electric vehicles, install 14,000 charging stations |url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3879040-usps-to-purchase-9000-electric-vehicles-install-14000-charging-stations/ |work=The Hill |access-date=March 30, 2023}}</ref> The fleet electrification plan is part of the Postal Service's initiative to reduce carbon emissions from fuel and electricity 40 percent and emissions from contracted services 20 percent by 2030.<ref name=FNNSustainability>{{cite news |last=Heckman |first=Jory |date=February 6, 2024 |title=USPS outlines plan to 'aggressively' reduce carbon footprint by 2030 |url=https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2024/02/usps-plans-to-aggressively-reduce-carbon-footprint-by-2030/ |work=Federal News Network |access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name=PPTISustainability>{{cite news |last=King |first=Hazel |date=February 8, 2024 |title=USPS announces 2030 greenhouse gas emissions targets |url=https://www.parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com/news/sustainability/usps-announces-2030-greenhouse-gas-emissions-targets.html |work=Parcel and Postal Technology International |access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref>


In August 2024, the USPS deployed the first new vehicles from its fleet modernization project at its Topeka Sorting and Delivery Center in Kansas, including: an electric vehicle with higher clearance for routes delivering a high number of packages, and an electric delivery vehicle produced in partnership with [[Canoo]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Topeka Capital-Journal Subscription Offers, Specials, and Discounts |url=https://subscribe.cjonline.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjonline.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2024%2F08%2F06%2Ftopeka-usps-site-gets-upgrades-that-include-electric-vehicles%2F74674340007%2F&gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&gca-cat=p&slug=restricted&redirect=true&gnt-eid=control |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=subscribe.cjonline.com}}</ref> that is a "pod-like" smaller van.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendez • • |first=Jasmine |date=2024-01-31 |title=Going electric: USPS fleet features pod-like vans to improve 'delivery networks' |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/going-electric-usps-fleet-features-pod-like-vans-to-improve-delivery-networks/3325931/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=NBC Los Angeles |language=en-US}}</ref>
In August 2024, the USPS deployed the first new vehicles from its fleet modernization project at its Topeka Sorting and Delivery Center in Kansas, including: an electric vehicle with higher clearance for routes delivering a high number of packages, and an electric delivery vehicle produced in partnership with [[Canoo]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Topeka Capital-Journal Subscription Offers, Specials, and Discounts |url=https://subscribe.cjonline.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjonline.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2024%2F08%2F06%2Ftopeka-usps-site-gets-upgrades-that-include-electric-vehicles%2F74674340007%2F&gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&gca-cat=p&slug=restricted&redirect=true&gnt-eid=control |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=subscribe.cjonline.com}}</ref> that is a "pod-like" smaller van.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendez • • |first=Jasmine |date=2024-01-31 |title=Going electric: USPS fleet features pod-like vans to improve 'delivery networks' |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/going-electric-usps-fleet-features-pod-like-vans-to-improve-delivery-networks/3325931/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=NBC Los Angeles |language=en-US}}</ref>
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In April 2020, Congress approved a $10 billion loan from the Treasury to the post office. According to ''The Washington Post'', officials under Treasury Secretary [[Steven Mnuchin]] suggested using the loan as leverage to give the Treasury Department more influence on USPS operations, including making them raise their charges for package deliveries, a change long sought by President Trump.<ref name="WaPo_Bogage_20200423">{{cite news |issn=0190-8286 |last1=Bogage |first1=Jacob |last2=Rein |first2=Lisa |title=Trump administration considers leveraging emergency coronavirus loan to force Postal Service changes |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=April 23, 2020 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/23/10-billion-treasury-loan-usps/ |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820103232/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/23/10-billion-treasury-loan-usps/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
In April 2020, Congress approved a $10 billion loan from the Treasury to the post office. According to ''The Washington Post'', officials under Treasury Secretary [[Steven Mnuchin]] suggested using the loan as leverage to give the Treasury Department more influence on USPS operations, including making them raise their charges for package deliveries, a change long sought by President Trump.<ref name="WaPo_Bogage_20200423">{{cite news |issn=0190-8286 |last1=Bogage |first1=Jacob |last2=Rein |first2=Lisa |title=Trump administration considers leveraging emergency coronavirus loan to force Postal Service changes |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=April 23, 2020 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/23/10-billion-treasury-loan-usps/ |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820103232/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/23/10-billion-treasury-loan-usps/ |url-status=live}}</ref>


In May 2020, in a controversial move, the [[Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service]] appointed [[Louis DeJoy]], the first postmaster general in the last two decades who did not emerge from the postal bureaucracy.  Instead he had three decades of experience in the private delivery sector where he created a new national corporation with 80,000 employees.<ref>Mackenzie Dunn, "From Family Business to million dollar corporation, entrepreneur Louis DeJoy shares his success story" [https://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2016/04/louis-dejoy-shares-his-success-story From Family Business to million dollar corporation, entrepreneur Louis DeJoy shares his success story ''Elon News Network''  4/14/16]</ref><ref name="congress_urges_2020_08_06_ap_archive_org">{{cite news|date=August 6, 2020|title=Congress urges Postal Service to undo changes slowing mail|website=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews.com/a291ebc31c5638aa5a9adafc2ff2b430|access-date=August 6, 2020|agency=[[AP News]]|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806210601/https://apnews.com/a291ebc31c5638aa5a9adafc2ff2b430|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rappeport |first=Alan |date=2020-05-07 |title=Postal Service Pick With Ties to Trump Raises Concerns Ahead of 2020 Election |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/politics/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy.html |access-date=2023-10-11 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In May 2020, in a controversial move, the [[Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service]] appointed [[Louis DeJoy]], the first postmaster general in the last two decades who did not emerge from the postal bureaucracy.  Instead he had three decades of experience in the private delivery sector where he created a new national corporation with 80,000 employees.<ref>Mackenzie Dunn, "From Family Business to million dollar corporation, entrepreneur Louis DeJoy shares his success story" [https://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2016/04/louis-dejoy-shares-his-success-story From Family Business to million dollar corporation, entrepreneur Louis DeJoy shares his success story ''Elon News Network''  4/14/16]</ref><ref name="congress_urges_2020_08_06_ap_archive_org">{{cite news|date=August 6, 2020|title=Congress urges Postal Service to undo changes slowing mail|website=Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/a291ebc31c5638aa5a9adafc2ff2b430|access-date=August 6, 2020|agency=[[AP News]]|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806210601/https://apnews.com/a291ebc31c5638aa5a9adafc2ff2b430|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rappeport |first=Alan |date=2020-05-07 |title=Postal Service Pick With Ties to Trump Raises Concerns Ahead of 2020 Election |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/politics/postmaster-general-louis-dejoy.html |access-date=2023-10-11 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


DeJoy—until 2014 CEO of [[New Breed Logistics]] (a controversial Postal Service contractor),<ref name="contracts_questioned_2020_16_11_nbc_news">{{cite web|title=Postal contracts awarded to DeJoy-run company were questioned in 2001 Postal Service audit|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/postal-contracts-awarded-dejoy-run-company-were-questioned-2001-postal-n1239990|access-date=September 14, 2020|website=[[NBC News]]|date=September 14, 2020 |language=en|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050805/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/postal-contracts-awarded-dejoy-run-company-were-questioned-2001-postal-n1239990|url-status=live}}</ref> and until 2018 a board member its new parent, [[XPO Logistics]], whose postal contracts expanded during DeJoy's postmaster general role—was a major donor and fundraiser for the Republican Party<ref name="embattled_2020_08_20_apnews_com">{{cite news |last1=Izaguirre |first1=Anthony |last2=Slodysko |first2=Brian |title=Embattled postal leader is Trump donor with deep GOP ties |url=https://apnews.com/aedcc34674344793961666fe82d6d257 |date=August 20, 2020 |work=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050726/https://apnews.com/aedcc34674344793961666fe82d6d257 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="house_demands_2020_08_17_washpost">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/17/dejoy-postal-service-house-protest/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title=As the House demands an interview with Postal Service chief Louis DeJoy, protesters picket his homes|date=August 17, 2020|last=Armus|first=Teo|access-date=August 29, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050808/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/17/dejoy-postal-service-house-protest/|url-status=live}}</ref> (from 2017, a deputy finance chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]], until appointed postmaster general, and later million-dollar donor to the 2020 Trump campaign while postmaster general).<ref name="embattled_2020_08_20_apnews_com" /><ref name="house_demands_2020_08_17_washpost" /><ref name="dejoy_defends20200821politico">{{cite web |last1=Desiderio |first1=Andrew |last2=Levine |first2=Marianne |last3=Lippman |first3=Daniel |title=DeJoy defends proposed changes amid Postal Service furor |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/dejoy-postal-service-hearing-399659 |date=August 21, 2020 |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050726/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/dejoy-postal-service-hearing-399659 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whats_wrong_2020_08_07_vox">{{cite web |last=Estes |first=Adam Clark |date=August 7, 2020 |title=What's wrong with the mail |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/7/21358946/postal-service-mail-delays-election-trump-mail-in-ballots |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050726/https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/7/21358946/postal-service-mail-delays-election-trump-mail-in-ballots |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pierce |first=Charles P. |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Destroying the Postal Service Is the Most Republican Thing Trump Has Ever Done |url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33565671/trump-destroy-postal-service-louis-dejoy/ |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050818/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33565671/trump-destroy-postal-service-louis-dejoy/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="pres_partner_fundraiser_2017_05_26_wnyc_org">{{cite web |last1=Bernstein |first1=Andrea |last2=Marritz |first2=Ilya |date=May 26, 2017 |title=The President, His Business Partner, and the Fundraiser |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/president-his-business-partner-and-fundraiser/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050844/https://www.wnyc.org/story/president-his-business-partner-and-fundraiser/ |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=WNYC |language=en}}</ref><ref name="lead_fundraiser_2020_05_07_bizjournals_archive_org">{{cite magazine |last=Finnegan |first=Daniel |date=May 7, 2020 |title=Lead fundraiser for Charlotte RNC named postmaster general. He starts in June. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/05/07/lead-fundraiser-for-charlotte-rnc-named-postmaster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050746/https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/05/07/lead-fundraiser-for-charlotte-rnc-named-postmaster.html |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |magazine=[[Triad Business Journal]] |access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref>
DeJoy—until 2014 CEO of [[New Breed Logistics]] (a controversial Postal Service contractor),<ref name="contracts_questioned_2020_16_11_nbc_news">{{cite web|title=Postal contracts awarded to DeJoy-run company were questioned in 2001 Postal Service audit|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/postal-contracts-awarded-dejoy-run-company-were-questioned-2001-postal-n1239990|access-date=September 14, 2020|website=[[NBC News]]|date=September 14, 2020 |language=en|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050805/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/postal-contracts-awarded-dejoy-run-company-were-questioned-2001-postal-n1239990|url-status=live}}</ref> and until 2018 a board member its new parent, [[XPO Logistics]], whose postal contracts expanded during DeJoy's postmaster general role—was a major donor and fundraiser for the Republican Party<ref name="embattled_2020_08_20_apnews_com">{{cite news |last1=Izaguirre |first1=Anthony |last2=Slodysko |first2=Brian |title=Embattled postal leader is Trump donor with deep GOP ties |url=https://apnews.com/aedcc34674344793961666fe82d6d257 |date=August 20, 2020 |work=Associated Press |access-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050726/https://apnews.com/aedcc34674344793961666fe82d6d257 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="house_demands_2020_08_17_washpost">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/17/dejoy-postal-service-house-protest/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title=As the House demands an interview with Postal Service chief Louis DeJoy, protesters picket his homes|date=August 17, 2020|last=Armus|first=Teo|access-date=August 29, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050808/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/17/dejoy-postal-service-house-protest/|url-status=live}}</ref> (from 2017, a deputy finance chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]], until appointed postmaster general, and later million-dollar donor to the 2020 Trump campaign while postmaster general).<ref name="embattled_2020_08_20_apnews_com" /><ref name="house_demands_2020_08_17_washpost" /><ref name="dejoy_defends20200821politico">{{cite web |last1=Desiderio |first1=Andrew |last2=Levine |first2=Marianne |last3=Lippman |first3=Daniel |title=DeJoy defends proposed changes amid Postal Service furor |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/dejoy-postal-service-hearing-399659 |date=August 21, 2020 |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050726/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/dejoy-postal-service-hearing-399659 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="whats_wrong_2020_08_07_vox">{{cite web |last=Estes |first=Adam Clark |date=August 7, 2020 |title=What's wrong with the mail |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/7/21358946/postal-service-mail-delays-election-trump-mail-in-ballots |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050726/https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/8/7/21358946/postal-service-mail-delays-election-trump-mail-in-ballots |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pierce |first=Charles P. |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Destroying the Postal Service Is the Most Republican Thing Trump Has Ever Done |url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33565671/trump-destroy-postal-service-louis-dejoy/ |access-date=August 11, 2020 |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |language=en-US |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050818/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33565671/trump-destroy-postal-service-louis-dejoy/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="pres_partner_fundraiser_2017_05_26_wnyc_org">{{cite web |last1=Bernstein |first1=Andrea |last2=Marritz |first2=Ilya |date=May 26, 2017 |title=The President, His Business Partner, and the Fundraiser |url=https://www.wnyc.org/story/president-his-business-partner-and-fundraiser/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050844/https://www.wnyc.org/story/president-his-business-partner-and-fundraiser/ |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=WNYC |language=en}}</ref><ref name="lead_fundraiser_2020_05_07_bizjournals_archive_org">{{cite magazine |last=Finnegan |first=Daniel |date=May 7, 2020 |title=Lead fundraiser for Charlotte RNC named postmaster general. He starts in June. |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/05/07/lead-fundraiser-for-charlotte-rnc-named-postmaster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116050746/https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2020/05/07/lead-fundraiser-for-charlotte-rnc-named-postmaster.html |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |magazine=[[Triad Business Journal]] |access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref>


DeJoy immediately began taking measures to reduce costs, such as banning overtime and extra trips to deliver mail.<ref>{{cite web|last=Katz|first=Eric|date=July 20, 2020|title=Looking to Cut Costs, New USPS Leader Takes Aim at Overtime and Late Trips|url=https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/07/looking-cut-costs-new-usps-leader-takes-aim-overtime-and-late-trips/166917/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727174300/https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/07/looking-cut-costs-new-usps-leader-takes-aim-overtime-and-late-trips/166917/|archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=July 27, 2020|website=Government Executive|language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYT_Broadwater_20200815">{{cite news |issn=0362-4331 |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Healy |first2=Jack |last3=Shear |first3=Michael D. |last4=Fuchs |first4=Hailey |title=Postal Crisis Ripples Across Nation as Election Looms |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=August 15, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/post-office-vote-by-mail.html |archive-date=August 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816201415/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/post-office-vote-by-mail.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WaPo_Bogage_20200714">{{cite news |issn=0190-8286 |last=Bogage |first=Jacob |title=Postal Service memos detail 'difficult' changes, including slower mail delivery |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=July 14, 2020 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/ |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814145955/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/ |url-status=live}}</ref> While DeJoy admitted that these measures were causing [[2020 United States Postal Service crisis|delays in mail delivery]], he said they would eventually improve service.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Amy|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|last3=Kane|first3=Paul|date=August 13, 2020|title=Trump opposes election aid for states and Postal Service bailout, threatening Nov. 3 vote|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mail-voting/2020/08/13/3eb9ac62-dd70-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html?|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816204722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mail-voting/2020/08/13/3eb9ac62-dd70-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
DeJoy immediately began taking measures to reduce costs, such as banning overtime and extra trips to deliver mail.<ref>{{cite web|last=Katz|first=Eric|date=July 20, 2020|title=Looking to Cut Costs, New USPS Leader Takes Aim at Overtime and Late Trips|url=https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/07/looking-cut-costs-new-usps-leader-takes-aim-overtime-and-late-trips/166917/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727174300/https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/07/looking-cut-costs-new-usps-leader-takes-aim-overtime-and-late-trips/166917/|archive-date=July 27, 2020 |access-date=July 27, 2020|website=Government Executive|language=en}}</ref><ref name="NYT_Broadwater_20200815">{{cite news |issn=0362-4331 |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Healy |first2=Jack |last3=Shear |first3=Michael D. |last4=Fuchs |first4=Hailey |title=Postal Crisis Ripples Across Nation as Election Looms |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=August 15, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/post-office-vote-by-mail.html |archive-date=August 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816201415/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/post-office-vote-by-mail.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WaPo_Bogage_20200714">{{cite news |issn=0190-8286 |last=Bogage |first=Jacob |title=Postal Service memos detail 'difficult' changes, including slower mail delivery |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 |date=July 14, 2020 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/ |archive-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814145955/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/07/14/postal-service-trump-dejoy-delay-mail/ |url-status=live}}</ref> While DeJoy admitted that these measures were causing [[2020 United States Postal Service crisis|delays in mail delivery]], he said they would eventually improve service.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Amy|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|last3=Kane|first3=Paul|date=August 13, 2020|title=Trump opposes election aid for states and Postal Service bailout, threatening Nov. 3 vote|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mail-voting/2020/08/13/3eb9ac62-dd70-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html?|access-date=August 14, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816204722/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mail-voting/2020/08/13/3eb9ac62-dd70-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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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>
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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