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SD Senator Mike Rounds Defends the US Postal Service

SD Senator Mike Rounds Defends the US Postal Service

Senator Mike Rounds Photo: WNAX


The US House passed a twenty five billion dollar bailout of the US Postal Service in a weekend session.

South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says that’s not needed…

Democrats in the House are concerned that changes made by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy are aimed at slowing down the delivery of ballots by election day.

Rounds says overall mail volume has dropped due to the pandemic..

Rounds says South Dakota has a solid absentee voting system…

DeJoy has made changes at the postal service including limiting overtime and removing mail sorting machines.

Rounds made a live appearance on WNAX AG Week.

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