Don’t Let the Postal Service Derail the Presidential Election
The new postmaster general wouldn’t want to jeopardize mail-in voting, would he?
The swift completion of their appointed rounds.
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When Louis DeJoy became postmaster general in May, he was the first person in more than 20 years to run the U.S. Postal Service who had never worked there. His predecessor, Megan Brennan, had spent her entire career with the service, originally as a mail carrier.
On the other hand, DeJoy, an accountant, founded and sold a company, New Breed Logistics, that worked for decades with the Postal Service and other public and private enterprises wrestling with supply and transportation challenges. DeJoy’s Postal Service work while running New Breed reportedly focused on the basics: repairing postal equipment, mail bags and hampers.