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The Postal Service relies on stamps and service fees, not tax dollars, to deliver mail six days a week to just about every address in the country.
But with people sending a lot less mail than in past decades, USPS ended this fiscal year's second quarter with a net loss of $2 billion.
Postmaster General David Steiner says USPS has already raised shipping prices, cut workers' hours, and stopped payments to its pension plan.
Sanders says Congress should change laws to let the Postal Service borrow more money and reform its retirement plans.
Today is a last chance for eligible voters in Louisiana to register online in time to cast ballots in the state's May 16th primary.
And Monday is Nebraska's deadline for registering online or by mail, though in-person voter registration doesn't end until May 1st.
In Oregon, you can still register online by mail or in person through Tuesday.
And there's still about a week left in Alabama and Pennsylvania to sign up to vote in those primaries.
Eligible voters in Montana also have until May 4th to register by mail, and they can sign up in person through June 2nd.
If you're planning to use the U.S.
Postal Service to mail your application, USPS recommends sending it at least a week before your state's deadline.
And to make sure it gets a postmark date, USPS says stop by a post office and ask for a free manual postmark at the counter.
Eligible voters in Georgia and Kentucky who want to cast ballots in the May 19th primaries have until Monday to register.
West Virginia's registration deadline for its May 12th primary is on Tuesday.
And there's still about a week left to register online for Louisiana's primary and to sign up online by mail or in person for the primary in Oregon.
Virginia is holding a special election for a congressional redistricting referendum on Tuesday, and eligible Virginians who have not registered yet can still do so in person at an early voting location or their polling site on Tuesday.
If you've already registered to vote, you may want to check your status on your state election official's website.
Eligible voters can sometimes be removed from lists, especially if they move, change their name, or haven't voted in a while.