Rep. Terri Sewell demands answers in abrupt Alabama post office closure ahead of election

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U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, is demanding the United States Postal Service immediately reopen the Akron Post Office after it was abruptly shuttered on Oct. 14, just weeks before the November midterm election.

In a letter dated Oct. 16, 2026, and addressed to Postmaster General David Steiner and Senior Vice President Benjamin Kuo, Sewell said her office was informed that USPS chained the doors of the facility, began moving mail to Moundville and dismantled P.O. boxes.

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