{"id":1811,"date":"2020-08-18T13:55:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/saldana\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2020-08-18T13:55:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:55:57","slug":"saldana-changes-to-usps-must-be-undone-to-ensure-fair-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2020\/08\/18\/saldana-changes-to-usps-must-be-undone-to-ensure-fair-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Salda\u00f1a: Changes to USPS must be undone to ensure fair election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Senate Majority Leader Rebecca Salda\u00f1a (D-Seattle) issued the statement below following the announcement today by the Postmaster General that he will cease operational changes to the US Postal Service until after the November election:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased and relieved that the Postmaster General has agreed to halt changes to mail service. It is important that this be followed by action to undo the damage already done to the Post Office. Every single Washingtonian relies on the essential services the Post Office provides from the delivery of critical medicine to paychecks, rent checks, and ballots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs one of five states that are exclusively vote-by-mail, Washingtonians rely heavily on the employees of the Post Office in holding a free and fair election. These changes will damage this fundamental American right and they must be undone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this Washington, we believe our democratic institutions are stronger when we take down barriers to voting, instead of adding barriers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Senate Majority Leader Rebecca Salda\u00f1a (D-Seattle) issued the statement below following the announcement today by the Postmaster General that he will cease operational changes to the US Postal Service until after the November election: \u201cI am pleased and relieved that the Postmaster General has agreed to halt changes to mail service. It is important that this be followed by action to undo the damage already done to the Post Office. Every single Washingtonian relies on the essential services the Post Office provides from the delivery of critical medicine to paychecks, rent checks, and ballots. \u201cAs one of five states&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-news","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Salda\u00f1a: Changes to USPS must be undone to ensure fair election - Sen.Alpha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/alpha\/2020\/08\/18\/saldana-changes-to-usps-must-be-undone-to-ensure-fair-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Salda\u00f1a: Changes to USPS must be undone to ensure fair election - Sen.Alpha\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deputy Senate Majority Leader Rebecca Salda\u00f1a (D-Seattle) issued the statement below following the announcement today by the Postmaster General that he will cease operational changes to the US Postal Service until after the November election: \u201cI am pleased and relieved that the Postmaster General has agreed to halt changes to mail service. 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