Crisis at the Postal Service ahead of the 2020 election

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<p>For further reading on everything related to the U.S. Postal Service:</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AUs_DnqEYQbyjynicaRkgWg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> gives an overview of&nbsp;how policy and organizational changes at the U.S. Postal Service could lead to disenfranchisement.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AOi6cLqlETPWSSxtkK6pOcQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BuzzFeed News</a> explains&nbsp;the issues&nbsp;the Postal Service&nbsp;is facing&nbsp;right now, including&nbsp;how&nbsp;a 2006 law contributed to the agency&rsquo;s financial problems.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AJo8ItjXMTxSsw0YggU1l5A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">The Atlantic</a> says&nbsp;restrictions and reforms introduced by the recently appointed postmaster general are the most significant threat to voting by mail.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A5urZT9wiSEKdL4qiQTbeHA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">FiveThirtyEight</a> has a polling roundup that encapsulates how Americans feel about voting by mail.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AZAL3-mzVT8mFFhIXxXsHfg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Associated Press and ABC News</a> describe&nbsp;how a history of disenfranchisement has led to mistrust of mail-in voting&nbsp;among many Black Americans.</p>