Maximo Alvarez’s American Dream and other commentary
The US Postal Service’s problems, Kevin R. Kosar explains at Politico, “aren’t the ones everyone is panicking about.” Retirement of mailboxes and sorting machines has been happening for decades. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a logistics veteran, is no “Trump stooge.” The agency has ample cash, with “$13 billion in its Treasury account, more than it has had in years,” as the pandemic has boosted business. But a fall virus surge could trigger a surprise slowdown, and a late demand for absentee ballots could lead to “the USPS getting a massive crush of ballots dropped on them late and with little notice.” In those cases, it’s up to “state officials and election workers” to “flatten the election mail curve.” Voters can help by getting and casting their ballots ASAP.
