Postal Service tells 46 states that mail-in ballots may not arrive in time to be counted
Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the U.S. Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to 46 states and D.C. warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted — adding another layer of uncertainty ahead of the high-stakes presidential contest.
The letters sketch a grim possibility for the tens of millions of Americans eligible for a mail-in ballot this fall: Even if people follow all of their state’s election rules, the pace of Postal Service delivery may disqualify their votes.
The Postal Service’s warnings of potential disenfranchisement came as the agency undergoes a sweeping organizational and policy overhaul amid dire financial conditions. Cost-cutting moves have already delayed mail delivery by as much as a week in some places, and a new decision to decommission 10 percent of the Postal Service’s sorting machines sparked widespread concern the slowdowns will only worsen. Rank-and-file postal workers say the move is ill-timed and could sharply diminish the speedy processing of flat mail, including letters and ballots.
Wait ! Wouldn't that potentially expose them to COVID?:hammer:I'm seeing a big push on social media to hand deliver your ballot to the election office.
What will Americans do if their votes aren't counted and Trump claims he is the "biggliest winner ever!!"? Nevermind the fact that Trump and others in his flock have requested absentee ballots.
I'm seeing a big push on social media to hand deliver your ballot to the election office.
People drop them at the polling locations all the time out here.
What will Americans do if their votes aren't counted and Trump claims he is the "biggliest winner ever!!"? Nevermind the fact that Trump and others in his flock have requested absentee ballots.
Wait ! Wouldn't that potentially expose them to COVID?:hammer:
What will Americans do if their votes aren't counted and Trump claims he is the "biggliest winner ever!!"? Nevermind the fact that Trump and others in his flock have requested absentee ballots.
The solution to the problem would be to start printing and mailing out ballots now. Granted, all those people that jet their ballot in early September but choose not to mail it in until November 3rd will be screwed but that will be THEIR choice, not the system's fault.
I guess youll just have to go to the polls and vote like we have always done.
Nope, I vote by mail, and I track my ballot.
And I am not worried about contracting Covid, I've already had it. (spoiler alert: its not fun)
What will Americans do if their votes aren't counted and Trump claims he is the "biggliest winner ever!!"? Nevermind the fact that Trump and others in his flock have requested absentee ballots.
So democrats control many of those states. Use their blue dollars and blue powers to make their blue employees mail out the ballots earlier so people have more time to return them.
The unacknowledged problem for those claiming that people just request their mail=in ballots earlier and then there won't be a problem, either don't know or refuse to accept that every state has laws which stipulate just when a citizen is allowed to request a mail-in ballot and when the state is allowed to send out those ballots.
People drop them at the polling locations all the time out here.
I had it as well. It wasnt much fun but I have had worse colds.
Based on your posting history...I don't believe you.
:lamo Like I give a **** what you think.
The unacknowledged problem for those claiming that people just request their mail=in ballots earlier and then there won't be a problem, either don't know or refuse to accept that every state has laws which stipulate just when a citizen is allowed to request a mail-in ballot and when the state is allowed to send out those ballots.
That defeats the whole purpose of mail-in voting.
and yet you probably think your posts are important. Can't think of a descriptive word you can post? Maybe it wasn't a physical illness you suffered from...
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