Election Sabotage

   "Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor gloom of night can stay these hardy couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." -- U.S. Postal Service motto.

   A presidential budget cut, however, may accomplish what the weather cannot, and that is to block election ballots from being delivered in time to be counted.
   The president has been specific in his warning about defunding the Postal Service, no doubt because of his fear of losing re-election. He has claimed repeatedly that "millions" of fake and phony ballots are on the way to overwhelm the system, so he wants to take away funding from the Postal Service as his way of preventing this alleged fraud.
   Never mind that there is zero evidence that illegitimate ballots were cast in previous elections, and no evidence that it's likely to happen this year.
   But his constant yammering about the danger of fraudulent voting, along with budget cuts, eliminating overtime and reducing the number of mail boxes nationwide, all combine to the inescapable conclusion that he is afraid of losing, and will do whatever it takes to stay in the White House, even after he loses.
   In fact, he has admitted he is blocking funds for the Postal Service because he is worried about mail-in ballots.
   "They need that money," he said, so the post office "can take all of these millions and millions of ballots" and carry them to election officials. He added that without that money, the USPS won't be able to handle mail-in voting.
   Therefore, without the money, the ballots won't be counted.
   All of this is happening as the new postmaster general, a major supporter of the president, reduces operations to slow down the mail, including a ban on overtime.
   The president cited the dangers of "universal mail-in voting" as part of his reason for cutting funds to the Postal Service.  However, only eight states are mailing ballots to all registered voters this year, including several that for years have had mail-in voting available to all. Most states still conduct voting at polling places, with the option for absentee voting for those who will not be in their home district on election day, or who are too ill to vote in person. Many states also offer mail-in voting for those worried about catching the corona virus in public places.