Cher told she would need to have a ‘background check’ to volunteer at her local post office

Cher revealed her offer to volunteer at her local post office was turned down on Wednesday.

Taking to Twitter, the Believe singer informed her followers she contacted ‘2 post offices In Malibu’ to offer her services free of charge, only to be told ‘No’. 

The offer was made amid concerns U.S. President Donald Trump is attempting to financially cripple the United States Postal Service ahead of the 2020 election.

The 74-year-old’s tweet read, ‘OK,Called 2 post offices In Malibu.They were polite. I Said”Hi This Is Cher,& I Would like to know If you ever take Volunteers!?’

The Moonstruck star continued, ‘Lady Said She Didn’t Know & Gave Me # Of Supervisor.I Called & Said Hi This is Cher Do U Accept volunteers.”NO,Need Fingerprints & Background Check” [CRYING EMOJI]’

Celebrities have been taking to social media to encourage their fans to vote via mail in the upcoming November 3 election. 

However turmoil at the USPS is causing some Democrats and local election officials to rethink their vote-by-mail strategies for November’s presidential election, shifting emphasis to drop boxes and early voting that bypass the post office. 

The 2020 contest promises to be the nation´s largest test of voting by mail. But Trump´s relentless, unsubstantiated attacks on mail balloting, along with cost-cutting that has delayed mail service nationwide, have sown worry and confusion among many voters.

Democratic officials who just weeks ago were touting their dominance in mail balloting during a recent rash of primaries are now cautioning supporters of presidential challenger Joe Biden to be wary. Operatives in battleground states, including Pennsylvania, are particularly concerned about ballots arriving too late to count for the Nov. 3 election.

‘We are considering telling voters that if they haven´t mailed out their complete ballot by Oct. 15, don´t bother. Instead, vote in person or drop off the ballot’ at an elections office, said Joe Foster, the chairman of the Democratic Party in Montgomery County, the most populous of Philadelphia´s suburban counties. ‘We want to make sure every vote counts.’

Other local Democratic leaders, from states like Florida and North Carolina, told Reuters they also are weighing urging voters to submit mail ballots weeks ahead of the election or else vote in person.

On Tuesday, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced he was suspending cost-cutting measures he had put in place in recent weeks that had led to widespread service disruptions. Those changes included limits on employee overtime, orders for trucks to depart on schedule even if there was mail still to be loaded, and the removal of some mail sorting machines.

‘The Postal Service is ready today to handle whatever volume of election mail it receives this fall,’ DeJoy said in a statement. He also promised to deploy ‘standby resources’ beginning Oct. 1 to satisfy any unforeseen demand.

But some Democrats said the damage is already done. Many don’t trust DeJoy – who was a major Trump campaign donor before becoming postal chief – to restore service at the independent government agency amid a presidential race that polls say Biden is leading.

‘Return the mailboxes you removed,’ Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island said on Twitter. ‘Return the sorting machines you took out. Restore the regular hours of post offices you cut short. Return postal vehicles you took. The list goes on.’

A USPS spokesman declined to comment. DeJoy is expected to provide more detail on his plans in testimony before the Senate on Friday and the House of Representatives on Monday.