The Albuquerque Journal reports that the Postal Service has reversed a policy denying “political mailing” status to candidates not affiliated with a political party. The newspaper quotes a letter to New mexico Congresswoman Heather Wilson: “The Postal Service will be clarifying its policies to make clear that nonpartisan political campaign mailings must receive the same treatment as partisan political campaign mailings,” The reversal apparently stems from a controversy involving a school committee candidate in Albuquerque, Robert Lucero. Lucero complained when campaign materials mailed five days before the election, were delivered after the election was over. Read the rest of this entry »

Remarks of PMG Jack Potter to the National Association of Secretaries of State, portland OR, July 17, 2007

Thank you, Bill (Bradbury), for that kind introduction. I’m very happy to be here with you today for your summer meeting.

And to make it even better, how can I not feel good about a conference called “A First-Class Experience?”

That’s what we work to provide you at the Postal Service. And based on what I’ve seen so far, that’s what you’re providing here in Portland this week. So it looks like we’ve all come to the right place.

I don’t know how it looks to you, but it seems to me that this national election cycle is one of busiest and most intense I’ve ever seen. More candidates than ever – from both parties. More money raised earlier than ever. More debates. More opinion pieces. More spin and counter spin on the Sunday morning talk shows. And more babies kissed . . . in more early primary and caucus states than ever before. Read the rest of this entry »