[EL] USPS censorship of election related information

[J.H. Snider]

Last Wednesday, The Society of Professional Journalists sent their members the following alert:

The United States Postal Service warned employees that they should not speak to the press<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001YdY_BpzJyuv1bAuG2MMDTE7gyp_zzKJwfGrCohAhJjsyC-tt-CG2VkbGO42PH2CMakIj_EKyq2A4gApZG6otZMel7EWzJ5J6TI5s1AlzZfIgji_lz_OEFPV0DGXdHksbHbYM-z93NGXGiQbHWCBSl9M5S-O-VZZwaCp7Bdqsks6okPrrkgU5Hz35qv1t7d5C6DBv8ukjTgmQcHfSjVZA5500zot3ONesJMxFIN4gsNA=&c=lEjtETgirFX7UseFt1JrUy0Bdnh_IjRfC7fSImaV0h_6kgfJSBsu0A==&ch=Qvvfl8s7yYmIby9IHfVyNBmBEjK016YFwRgRIplAOddgVcI5xHBs0A==> and any customer asking lots of questions may be a journalist sneakily trying to get information. The memos were sent to employees last week following articles about the changes Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has made that have put the post office under major scrutiny. The memos instructed employees to direct reporters through official channels to, as the USPS put it, "protect its brand."

Given the importance of the USPS to U.S. elections, the election law community should share the journalism community’s concern about USPS censorship.

J.H. (“Jim”) Snider, Ph.D.
President of iSolon.org<http://isolon.org/>

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