OPB on Mythryl: “In a county-by-county mail delivery test, Oregon’s secretary of…”

In a county-by-county mail delivery test, Oregon’s secretary of state found rural areas received slow USPS service and urged voters to send mail ballots by Oct. 27 or find a ballot box.

opb.orgOregon elections chief urges early voting as test of USPS service shows slow mail serviceDespite the results showing that all pieces of mail would have been postmarked in time to count in an election if they were a ballot, there were wide discrepancies in timing in eastern Oregon and rural counties due to years of Postal Service budget cuts, including the loss of night pickup at many rural post offices.

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