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Pictures: 'Save the Post Office' protest continues in US

Americans are expected to vote by mail in massive numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic

Published: August 26, 2020 14:19 Agencies and compiled by Devadasan K P, Picture Editor

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US POSTAL546-1598436937009 — A woman wears a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) themed mask as workers rally on the steps of the James A. Farley Post Office in Manhattan calling for an end to mail delays. Americans are expected to vote by mail in massive numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Trump has opposed more funding for the cash-strapped US Postal Service (USPS), even while acknowledging the money would be used to help process ballots. Image Credit: REUTERS

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US POSTAL2545-1598436917417 — A protestor wears a facemask during the "Save The Postal Service Day of Action " at the James A. Farley Post Office in New York. Americans are expected to vote by mail in massive numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: AFP

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US POSTAL2W3-1598436948346 — Americans are expected to vote by mail in massive numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: AFP

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US POSTAL67-1598436928979 — A postal worker, center, attends to customers at the Flagler Station post office in Miami. The pandemic has pushed the Postal Service into a central role in the 2020 elections, with tens of millions of people expected to vote by mail rather than in-person. At the same time, Trump has acknowledged he is withholding emergency aid from the service to make it harder to process mail-in ballots, as his election campaign legally challenges mail voting procedures in key states. Image Credit: AP

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US POSTAL6-1598436922956 — A man mails a letter in Whitehall, Ohio. Postal workers and supporters across central Ohio gathered at Post Offices across the region to protest actions by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy including the removal of sorting machines which has led to mail delivery delays in some states. Critics of these policies fear they will create delays with absentee and mail-in ballots during the upcoming general election. Image Credit: AP

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US POSTAL-1598436920027 — Postal workers sort, load and deliver mails as protesters hold a "Save the Post Office" demonstration outside a United States Postal Service location in Los Angeles, California. Image Credit: AFP

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US POSTAL34343-1598436945962 — People attend a rally in support of the US postal service in Washington. An international union representing millions of postal workers accused President Donald Trump's administration of using the US postal service as a "pawn" in his election campaign.Americans are expected to vote by mail in massive numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Trump has opposed more funding for the cash-strapped US Postal Service (USPS), acknowledging the money would be used to help process ballots. Image Credit: AFP

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US POSTAL46-1598436932967 — Retired postal worker Glenda Morris protests postal cutbacks in New York. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told lawmakers that he has warned allies of President Donald Trump that the president's repeated attacks on the legitimacy of mail-in ballots are "not helpful," but denied that recent changes at the Postal Service are linked to the November elections. Image Credit: AP

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US POSTAL467-1598436942767 — Activist Aixa Fielder holds a sign during a rally outside the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Bicentennial Post Office. Millions of Americans rely on postal services for prescription deliveries and social security payments. Image Credit: REUTERS

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US POSTAL55-1598436925574 — Union Postal workers and supporters of the US Postal Service protest in front of the Bicentennial Post Office in Los Angeles. Concerns, grew when numerous states reported that they had received letters from the Postal Service in recent days warning them that the agency that oversees mail in the United States will not be able to fulfill requests for mail-in ballots in time for the Nov. 3 election. Image Credit: AFP

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US POSTAL333-1598436939146 — U.S. Postal Service (USPS) worker Omar Gonzalez holds a flag during a rally outside the Bicentennial Post Office. USPS, which employs some 630,000 people, announced last week that it would hold off on operational changes until after the November 3 election. Image Credit: REUTERS

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