More than 100 people gathered outside of Trump International Hotel in Northwest, the site of The Old Post Office downtown, as part of a nationwide effort to demand action to keep mail-in voting safe.
The protest, organized by was part of a larger effort nationwide as people gathered across the country for 鈥淪ave the Post Office Saturday.鈥�
The group is demanding that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resign from his position. He was , all of whom were selected by President Donald Trump and approved by Senate, on May 6.
Earlier this month, DeJoy announced a series of organizational changes, which resulted in a reduction in employee overtime hours and the elimination of postal-sorting machines.
Critics say the changes would delay mail delivery right at the time millions of Americans are expected to vote by mail. Deborah Szeredy, executive vice president of the American Postal Workers Union, said the union was blindsided by the recent changes.
鈥淗e was supposed to go through procedures before he made those changes, and he didn鈥檛 even notify the union until later, so we have a big problem with that because they鈥檙e required to,鈥� Szeredy said.
She says vote-by-mail is safe and the union is prepared to for the onslaught of mail-in ballots this election season.
鈥淧eople have been voting by mail for a long time. So it鈥檚 nothing new; we鈥檝e been handling it all along and yes there鈥檚 going to be more, but it’s not something we can鈥檛 handle,鈥� Szeredy said.
In a rare Saturday session, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would reverse recent changes made by DeJoy and send $25 billion help the agency ahead of the November election.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Postal Service launched a to help voters find information about requesting mail-in ballots as well as the deadlines for each state.
