The letter details instances where ballots were not delivered to officials on time due to USPS delays, with other cases where ballots delivered on time were not postmarked and unable for counting.
The U.S. Postal Service will play a large role in this upcoming election, but potentially not a good one, state and local election officials suggested in a letter on Wednesday.
The letter from the National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors warned that problems with the postal service might disenfranchise voters in the upcoming election.
Addressed to the head of the United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the letter warns that he has not fixed the persistent deficiencies seen in the system. As recent as the primary season that played out this summer, the letter says that local election officials across the U.S. have seen a worrying trend in postal operations’ ability to deliver mail on time.
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Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/11/usps-mail-in-ballot-election-day/75182354007/
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