US Postal Service Warning: Calif. Rejected 100,000 Ballots Postmarked Too Late, Va. 5% Too Late
'California rejected 100,000 ballots postmarked too late, and Trump wants it to be worse in November.' Laura Clawson for Daily Kos Labor, Daily Kos Staff, 27, 2020. - Excerpts, Ed.:
The Postal Service is not just responsible for prescriptions and letters from grandparents during a pandemic and basically every damn thing people in rural areas need shipped to them; American democracy itself is at stake. With coronavirus likely to still be a major concern in many states come Novemberthanks, Trump!more people than ever will be voting by mail.
But in California, where voting by mail is already an established practice, more than 100,000 ballots in the March primary were rejected because they werent postmarked in time. We are very concerned, and we want the public to be aware, APWU President Mark Dimondstein warned, pointing to the possibility of bigger problems in November.
In Virginia, as many as 5% of ballots were rejected because they were postmarked too late. The Postal Service needs the resources to process these ballots quickly enough to get them counted, but Trumpwho has made his fear and loathing of mail voting more than clearwants the opposite.
Reports are spreading that Trumps new postmaster general is issuing direct orders that would slow down the mail, while in at least one state, postal workers say their state postmaster is going even further to create delays. The Republican Party has long wanted to destroy the USPS for multiple reasons...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/7/27/1964262/-Postal-workers-warn-that-Trump-s-war-on-the-USPS-could-threaten-vote-by-mai
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)VA has it
appalachiablue
(41,113 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Have you found out whether it's possible to drop off mail-in ballots in person?
Merlot
(9,696 posts)Missouri did.
onetexan
(13,033 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)and it keeps getting worse. They are doing it incrementally and now we are seeing the results. Please write your reps in the house and senate. We have very few good institutions left in this country and the post office was one of them, until now.
appalachiablue
(41,113 posts)retirement programs 75 years into the future, for employees not yet born to hamper operations.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)Time was slipping away from me.
appalachiablue
(41,113 posts)2naSalit
(86,508 posts)Never forget!
sure they took that money from USPS to fund his war. If Democrats get in senate, presidency and house I want to see them get rid of this scam that they required of the postal service.
catrose
(5,065 posts)More expensive would be to buy and print priority postage and label online.
In some places, you can hand in your absentee ballot at the election center.
appalachiablue
(41,113 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,642 posts)The ballot must be received before 8:00 pm on Election Day. There are official drop boxes in several spots here in Eugene where you can drive up and deliver, just like drive up mail boxes. Or be sure to mail it several days before Election Day.