A spokesman for the United States Postal Service confirmed that the agency has removed four blue boxes from Portland, and 27 from Eugene this week. The USPS plans to remove a few more boxes from Portland next week.
"The reason we're doing it is because of declining mail volume," USPS spokesman Ernie Swanson said. "Ever since the pandemic came along, people are mailing less for some reason."
The removal of mailboxes arrives amid a change in leadership at the USPS that many postal workers contend is intended to sabotage the agency during an election year.
President Donald Trump said he is intentionally undermining the USPS to make it more difficult to vote by mail during a pandemic.
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