Postal Service Must Make Votes First-Class, Restore Overtime (2)

A federal judge ordered Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to treat all election-related mail as first-class and restore overtime for <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/6507Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000174-b245-deb2-a3fd-fbcdf7d10001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">U.S. Postal Service employees -- a fresh courtroom loss for the agency accused in several lawsuits of trying to undermine the coming election.

An injunction issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in New York directs the USPS to pre-approve all overtime sought for workers from Oct. 26 to Nov. 6 and to give first-class treatment to all election mail beginning Oct. 15. The judge cited the potential threat to the right to vote caused by operational changes instituted by ...