WASHINGTON — The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times local): 2:30 p.m. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered U.S. Postal Service inspectors to sweep more than two dozen mail processing facilities for lingering mail-in ballots and for those ballots to be sent out immediately. The order, which includes centers...
Postal Chief Urges Voters to Request and Return Ballots Early
WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is warning that voters should request mail-in ballots at least 15 days before the Nov. 3 election to ensure they have enough time to receive their ballot, complete it and mail it back to elections officials on time. Acknowledging an expected surge in mail-in...
Postmaster Says Ballots No. 1 Priority, but Details No Plan
WASHINGTON — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, pressed by senators over mail delivery disruptions, said Friday he was unaware of changes that sparked a public uproar, but his responses raised fresh questions about how the Postal Service will ensure timely delivery of ballots for the November election. DeJoy told senators he...
Postal Service Halts Some Changes Amid Outcry, Lawsuits
WASHINGTON — Facing mounting public pressure and a crush of state lawsuits, President Donald Trump's new postmaster general announced Tuesday he is halting some operational changes to mail delivery that critics blamed for widespread delays and warned could disrupt the November election. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said he would “suspend”...
Cox, Costa Vow to Fund Delivering the Mail … and Ballots
Blaming President Donald Trump for attempting to manipulate the election by slowing the postal service, two Valley congressmen vowed to fight for the mail. Standing in front of the post office in downtown Fresno, TJ Cox and Jim Costa, both Fresno Democrats, said they are returning to Washington later this...
Trump Opposes USPS Funding, Says Mail Voting Hard Without It
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he opposes additional funding for the U.S. Postal Service, acknowledging that his position would starve the agency of money Democrats say it needs to process an anticipated surge in mail-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump also falsely stated that Democrats were...
Are These Mailbox Flyers in South Fresno Racist?
Ebony Hailey will not let her 11-year old daughter, Rebekah, collect the mail anymore. Even though the box is across the street from Hailey's south Fresno home, after what she found there Monday, the daily mail is off-limits. Rebekah told her mom, an education administrator with Fresno Unified, that someone...
Coarsegold Mail Carrier Positive for COVID-19, 12 Others Isolated
A mail carrier in Coarsegold is now in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, the Madera County Department of Health said Friday. The county's communicable disease investigators then identified 12 people who had contact with the mail carrier. All of them were immediately isolated, Madera officials said. The source of transmission...