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The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, a non-partisan government watchdog group, is reacting angrily to reports that a senior executive of the Postal Service was forced to resign amidst allegations she attempted to punish a candidate for the U.S. Senate who had been critical of the alleged mismanaged government mail system through a redirection of USPS resources. Saying the alleged activity represents "a new level of corruption and mismanagement," CCAGW Vice President Leslie Paige said, "Taxpayers and their representatives in Congress should be up in arms." USPS Senior Vice President Deborah Willhite resigned abruptly Friday amid allegations she used the federal mail budget to hurt the re-election chances of Arkansas Republican Sen. Tim Hutchinson.

"Since this spring, CCAGW has been calling for a complete and public audit of USPS books to root out the millions of dollars of waste, fraud, and abuse we know exists," Paige said. "This latest scandal confirms that not only do postal officials lose, misspend and abuse the postal budget with impunity, they may also be using their scarce resources to manipulate elections, which is clearly prohibited by the 1970 Postal Reorganization Act. It's time for independent third party to get to the bottom of where all our money is going."