“The post office here in IL most certainly does issue passports.
Took me over a month to renew mine.”
Passports are issued by the State Department. The USPS is not authorized to issue passports.
Then please explain to my why I stood in line for over an hour, filled out the required paperwork, had a photo taken, made my payment and returned to the post office to pick up the passport? Are they the middle man? If so, does it not stand to reason that in essence, going to the post office to apply for and receive a passport = getting your passport from the post office? What am I missing here?