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USPS says it will freeze collection box removal until after election following backlash

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Speed Readsusps controversyAs the controversy over the state of the United States Postal Service grows, the agency on Friday night it will stop removing letter collection boxes in at least several states after facing backlash from lawmakers.Photos of the removal of collection boxes online Friday, prompting critics of the Trump administration to add the action to their list of examples, which include potential mailing and , of why they believe the president may be trying to the 2020 election by making mail-in voting more difficult. Kim Frum, a spokeswoman for USPS, the removals were routine and that the agency was moving "low-use boxes to high traffic areas."Nevertheless, USPS spokesman Rod Spurgeon in a statement that the service would stop removing the boxes in 16 states — mostly in the West and Midwest — and in parts of two others until after the election. It wasn't clear if the moratorium would go into effect nationally, per CNN, although Spurgeon did that "we are not going to be removing any boxes." Read more at .

Speed Readsusps controversyAs the controversy over the state of the United States Postal Service grows, the agency on Friday night it will stop removing letter collection boxes in at least several states after facing backlash from lawmakers.Photos of the removal of collection boxes online Friday, prompting critics of the Trump administration to add the action to their list of examples, which include potential mailing and , of why they believe the president may be trying to the 2020 election by making mail-in voting more difficult. Kim Frum, a spokeswoman for USPS, the removals were routine...

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