‘Save Our Mail, Save Our Votes’ Rally Planned For Montclair

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Activists are planning a “Save Our Mail! Save Our Votes!” rally for Montclair on Friday.

According to organizers, the protest is being held to support the U.S. Postal Service and vote-by-mail efforts in the 2020 general election.

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The Montclair rally is scheduled to take place from noon to 1 p.m. at the Montclair Post Office building, 125 Glenridge Ave. Face masks and 6-foot social distancing requirements will be “strictly complied with,” organizers said. (Learn more about this local event)

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

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.”

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