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Mike 03

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4. Ballots needed to be treated as Priority Mail, as they traditionally have been.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2020, 12:10 PM

Aug 2020

This is somewhat reassuring, but if anything the lesson of the last four years has been to be skeptical about claims until the person making them is vetted to be sure they don't have ulterior motives.

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I Was a Postal Service Regulator for 18 Years. Don't Panic. [View all] elleng Aug 2020 OP

What sorcery is this?? A calm, professional, thorough response to the dotard's corruption. ResistantAmerican17 Aug 2020 #1

How does one enforce a promise made by liars? iemitsu Aug 2020 #2

I keep it simple.... FarPoint Aug 2020 #3

Agreed! Native Aug 2020 #5

She is fighting fake news aimed at suppressing vote delisen Aug 2020 #8

She talks without clear action steps... FarPoint Aug 2020 #15

Ballots needed to be treated as Priority Mail, as they traditionally have been. Mike 03 Aug 2020 #4

"Don't fall prey to alarmists on both sides of this debate." Christ, where did they find this lady? Hoyt Aug 2020 #6

Where did they find her? Bradshaw3 Aug 2020 #10

Barack Obama choose her to head commission. delisen Aug 2020 #11

aw, heck! but you're takin' all the fun out of it! (nt) stopdiggin Aug 2020 #16

Spot on Bradshaw3 Aug 2020 #19

I'm still planning a work around for getting my ballot delivered; just in case NCjack Aug 2020 #7

Thank you for posting this knowledgeable, rational perspective Bradshaw3 Aug 2020 #9

Thank you delisen Aug 2020 #12

I'm not worried about the capabilities of the USPS. CaptYossarian Aug 2020 #13

Sorry Ruth, personal experience of the past several weeks says he is fn it up purposely. Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #14

glad that Pelosi is calling congress back stopdiggin Aug 2020 #17

This essay does not consider the possibility of 500+ sorting machines taken offline. Nt Fiendish Thingy Aug 2020 #18

Well...a cousin mailed me a birthday card from near Dallas to central Texas. After 14 days, I Karadeniz Aug 2020 #20

Ruth? Have you been watching the Trump adminstration at all? mdbl Aug 2020 #21