Several photos are circulating on social media that show mailboxes around California which appear to be locked, amid public concerns around recent actions by the United States Postal Service (USPS).
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One photo on Facebook that's been widely shared, shows a set of postboxes in Burbank that look as if they've been locked.
This picture was taken outside the USPS office on the 2140 block of North Hollywood Way.
Sunday, the Democratic-run House demanded that leaders of the U.S. Postal Service testify at an emergency oversight hearing Aug. 24 on mail delays as concerns grow that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency during the coronavirus pandemic while states expand mail-in voting options for the November presidential election.
The House Oversight and Reform Committee said it wants to hear from new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and from the chair of the Postal Service board of governors, Robert Duncan.
This photo shows locked mailboxes in Northridge, California.
The U.S. Postal Service has warned 46 states and the District of Columbia it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, The Washington Post reported Friday.
Voters in several states also complained that some curbside mail collection boxes were being removed.
The below photo was taken in front of a post office in Chatsworth, California.
Even as President Donald Trump rails against widescale voting by mail, the post office is bracing for an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
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