USPS removes mailboxes in Portland and Eugene, cites ‘declining mail volume’

oregonlive.com

6 points·Kednicma··8 comments

The picture that the Oregonian ran with this article is of the characteristic red-and-white outgoing ballot envelopes used in Oregon; I think that we all are thinking not just of mail but of ballots when reading this news.

Don't tell the fascists, but Oregonians have a system of ballot dropoff locations at libraries and other popular locations. [0] contains a listing for Multnomah County (Portland), and there's a bunch of locations for Lane County (Eugene) as well, although they don't have an official website listing. Combined with the generous voting window of several weeks, we should have no problem voting even if we can't use USPS blue boxes for dropoff.

[0] https://multco.us/dropsites

Why are blue states the only ones worried about implementing successful vote by mail? Almost as if they are concerned with flipping red.

Oregon has had voting by mail for decades. We're only worried about being suddenly disenfranchised.

And don't worry, Republican legislators in Oregon can and will throw as many tantrums as they like, as long as they don't interfere with voting.

https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/drop-box-locator.aspx

Arizona is not a blue state.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/512153-arizona-elec...

But that's the state that elected McCain to the Senate.

Who ran as President on a Republican party ticket.

SF had a temporary removal of boxes for construction and they never came back. They’re the new phone booth.

One story I heard is that postal workers hate them because they have to bend over to open them and as these workers are all 50+ that isn’t working for them. Plus the city/hood complains about tagging.

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