'Save Our Mail, Save Our Votes' Rally Planned For Hillsborough

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — Activists are planning a "Save Our Mail! Save Our Votes!" rally for Hillsborough on Saturday, Aug. 22.

The rally is being organized by Our Revolution Hillsborough to support the Hillsborough United States Post Office. The rally will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Hillsborough Postal Office at 437 Amwell Rd.

"We got to support the Hillsborough USPS NOW. These postal workers do their work through the heat of summer and cold winters. Let's make sure our postal workers are aware we support them. Let's continue our fight to keep the USPS in the hands of the American people," Our Revolution Hillsborough wrote.

BlueWaveNJ offered the following statement about the protests:

“Donald Trump’s attacks and defunding of the postal system are a direct threat to the right to vote and the integrity of the election and even now are delaying Americans from getting the medicine and mail they need. We must act now to stop this attack and protect our election process. Trump is hoping to make his false and self-serving attacks on the ability of the post office to handle mail-in voting a self-fulfilling prophecy. His new Postmaster General, Republican mega-donor Louis DeJoy, is orchestrating a general slowdown in operations, reducing the time that mechanical mail sorting machines operate, cutting overtime for postal workers and reducing delivery standards so that mail is now routinely left behind on workroom floors and loading docks. We can’t allow this to happen. Join BlueWaveNJ and other New Jersey grassroots activists to demand that the full postal service funding passed by the U.S. House of Representatives be immediately enacted into law and Trump’s political appointees cease their sabotage of mail operations and prepare the postal service for the surge in mail-in ballots this fall.”

Other rallies are slated for Friday in towns including Montclair, Maplewood, Lyndhurst, Clifton, Wayne and Morristown. See a list here.

To learn more about the rally or to RSVP visit click here.

— Additional reporting by Eric Kiefer

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