CONGRESS MUST INVESTIGATE LOUIS DE JOY WHO SUBERTED POSTAL SERVICE’S ROLE IN OUR DEMOCRACY
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Background
As expected, the vote count continues—both in battleground states and those already called. Biden’s ahead in Arizona and Nevada and moving towards victory in Pennsylvania, Georgia and perhaps North Carolina.
We do know Biden has more paths to victory than Trump and has received more votes than any previous winning candidate—his 73+ million eclipsing Obama’s record of 69 million. The Senate’s composition awaits 2 special elections in Georgia on January 5, and down-ballot results remain murky.
Trump’s trying to highjack election by declaring victory and filing frivolous lawsuits. Ignoring this chatter, honest, hardworking election officials continue diligently going through remaining ballots one at a time to ensure that all votes are counted.
In that endeavor, they’ve been stymied by DeJoy, whom Trump installed to effectively subvert Postal Service’s role in protecting our democracy. By destroying its ability to promptly deliver mailed ballots, tens of thousands might not have been counted. And postal authorities ignored Tuesday’s judicial order to scour processing facilities early enough to deliver all unprocessed ballots before polls closed. We must demand that Congressional committees immediately investigate and hold DeJoy responsible.
In a democracy every vote counts, and every vote must be counted.
1. Call the Senate.
Script Oregon Senators
SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753
My name is [--] and I'm a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
In our democracy, every vote matters, and every vote must be counted. Despite the generally smooth ballot counting operations, however, DeJoy’s policies, which destroyed the Postal Service’s ability to promptly deliver mailed ballots, subverted its role in protecting our democracy. Additionally, its supervisors blatantly ignored a court order to ensure that all ballots in its facilities be delivered in time to be counted. I demand that the Senate immediately investigate this travesty and hold DeJoy responsible.
SEN. WYDEN: Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
In our democracy, every vote matters, and every vote must be counted. Despite the generally smooth ballot counting operations, however, DeJoy’s policies, which destroyed the Postal Service’s ability to promptly deliver mailed ballots, subverted its role in protecting our democracy. Additionally, its supervisors blatantly ignored a court order to ensure that all ballots in its facilities be delivered in time to be counted. I demand that the Senate immediately investigate this travesty and hold DeJoy responsible.
Script for Republican Senators
D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].
In our democracy, every vote matters, and every vote must be counted. Despite the generally smooth ballot counting operations, however, DeJoy’s policies, which destroyed the Postal Service’s ability to promptly deliver mailed ballots, subverted its role in protecting our democracy. Additionally, its supervisors blatantly ignored a court order to ensure that all ballots in its facilities be delivered in time to be counted. I demand that the Senate immediately investigate this travesty and hold DeJoy responsible.
2. Call the House.
Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
In our democracy, every vote matters, and every vote must be counted. Despite the generally smooth ballot counting operations, however, DeJoy’s policies, which destroyed the Postal Service’s ability to promptly deliver mailed ballots, subverted its role in protecting our democracy. Additionally, its supervisors blatantly ignored a court order to ensure that all ballots in its facilities be delivered in time to be counted. I demand that the House immediately investigate this travesty and hold DeJoy responsible.
Script for Greg Walden (OR-02)
Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
In our democracy, every vote matters, and every vote must be counted. Despite the generally smooth ballot counting operations, however, DeJoy’s policies, which destroyed the Postal Service’s ability to promptly deliver mailed ballots, subverted its role in protecting our democracy. Additionally, its supervisors blatantly ignored a court order to ensure that all ballots in its facilities be delivered in time to be counted. I demand that the House immediately investigate this travesty and hold DeJoy responsible.
Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
In our democracy, every vote matters, and every vote must be counted. Despite the generally smooth ballot counting operations, however, DeJoy’s policies, which destroyed the Postal Service’s ability to promptly deliver mailed ballots, subverted its role in protecting our democracy. Additionally, its supervisors blatantly ignored a court order to ensure that all ballots in its facilities be delivered in time to be counted. I demand that the House immediately investigate this travesty and hold DeJoy responsible.
Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
In our democracy, every vote matters, and every vote must be counted. Despite the generally smooth ballot counting operations, however, DeJoy’s policies, which destroyed the Postal Service’s ability to promptly deliver mailed ballots, subverted its role in protecting our democracy. Additionally, its supervisors blatantly ignored a court order to ensure that all ballots in its facilities be delivered in time to be counted. I demand that the House immediately investigate this travesty and hold DeJoy responsible.
Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
In our democracy, every vote matters, and every vote must be counted. Despite the generally smooth ballot counting operations, however, DeJoy’s policies, which destroyed the Postal Service’s ability to promptly deliver mailed ballots, subverted its role in protecting our democracy. Additionally, its supervisors blatantly ignored a court order to ensure that all ballots in its facilities be delivered in time to be counted. I demand that the House immediately investigate this travesty and hold DeJoy responsible.
3. Save Our Democracy. Every Vote Counts. Everyone Counts.
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Sources:
Judge orders sweep of postal facilities for leftover mail ballots not shown as delivered
Federal judge slams U.S. Postal Service and orders search for mail ballots in Texas
USPS data shows thousands of mailed ballots missed Election Day deadlines
A quick guide to Trump’s legal efforts to throw out votes — and why they’ll fail
Biden received more total votes than any presidential candidate in U.S. history
