Postal Service

DeJoy was named head of the Postal Service last year.

The bill would also require no less than 50% of medium/heavy-duty vehicle purchases be electric or zero-emission through 2029.

"I would suggest that we are on a death spiral."

Delays in paychecks and other mail deliveries by USPS gained attention this summer.

During the week ended Dec. 26, nationwide on-time delivery was 64% for first-class mail and 45% for periodicals.

It is not immediately clear what impact the appeal would have at this late stage.

Sullivan had ordered the sweeps in response to lawsuits by groups including Vote Forward, the NAACP, and Latino community advocates.

It is to ensure no ballots have been held up.

USPS must postmark all ballots, even those without postage.

Election mail will not be delayed," said Kristin Seaver, the Postal Service's chief retail and delivery officer.

It "will employ special individualized measures to deliver individual ballots mailed close to elections."

"Multiple managerial failures have undermined the postal employees’ ability to fulfill their vital mission."

The ruling said the ballots must be received "by the clerk's office no later than 14 days after the election has occurred."

"The states have demonstrated the defendants are involved in a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service."

The Postal Service says it is trying to comply with the order.

"We will be investigating this issue."

"Let the investigations go."

"North Carolina’s Attorney General — an elected official who is independent of Donald Trump — is the right person to start this investigation."

The subpoena had been served and that DeJoy must turn over documents by Sept. 16.

"He has not produced a single additional document since the House and Senate hearings were held."