The United States Postal Service (USPS) is think about cost-cutting measures This could lead to slower mail delivery in long-distance and rural areas.

If the proposed changes are implemented, which would not happen until after the November election, customers within 50 miles of the Postal Service’s largest processing facilities would receive faster delivery service, said Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. told the Washington Post. These customers are responsible for the majority of mail and packages, he said.

However, in more rural areas, there may be an additional day in addition to the current delivery times, the post office reported.

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The fact that certain mail items were delivered about 12 hours later was the price that had to be paid for “neglecting” the agency, DeJoy said.

“If you look around in any other country, delivery takes longer and it’s much more expensive. We’re trying to save the Postal Service — not figuratively, not to advocate for something. We’re trying to save the Postal Service in the truest sense of the word,” DeJoy said in an interview with The Post.

FOX Business has reached out to the USPS for comment.

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The changes would save the postal service about $30 billion over the next ten years.

However, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the USPS’s revenues have not covered its expenses and debt for more than 15 years. Its expenses have exceeded revenues as the volume of its most profitable product, first-class mail, continues to decline, according to the GAO. To cover its costs, the USPS has increased its debt and unfunded liabilities.

The changes are consistent with the organization’s “mission to be financially independent,” the USPS said in a statement Thursday. That means the agency should be able to cover its expenses through the sale of its products and services.

Even with the proposed changes, the USPS will “maintain existing 1- to 5-day service standards for First-Class Mail and allow the Postal Service to make the most of its modernized and evolving ground network,” he said.

The USPS also announced public hearings to gather feedback on these changes, which, if implemented, would not take effect until the next calendar year.

“The proposed changes therefore have no impact Election mail for the upcoming election or our preparation for the 2024 peak season,” the USPS said.

The agency said it plans to “take extraordinary measures across the country in the run-up to Election Day that go beyond our normal business operations.”

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