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Three days after the August primary, election workers in one Washington county went to check for late mail-in ballots. They expected no more than a few dozen. Instead, there were more than 500 — each a vote that wouldn’t count.

propublica.orgBallot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail ServiceA ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from the agency’s cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas. Counties that voted for Trump in 2024…

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THIS IS MORE FUCKING BULLSHIT BY USPS…..WEIRD HOW THEIR MAIL GETS DELIVERED ALL THE TIME AND SUDDENLY DURING OUR ELECTIONS THOSE FUCKING DUMBASSES DIDNT PULL IN MORE PEOPLE AND WORK LONGER HOURS???? INSTEAD YOU JUST SIT ON OUR BALLOTS???? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS DAVID STEINER???

It’s it just ballots that get delayed…. Greeting cards, bill payments, etc. delivering for America took away local transportation and daily pick up services and it went away with noticing. Another effort to enrage the public to force privatization.

The "ghost in the machine" is usually just a human with a clipboard and a very bad day. We spend billions on cybersecurity only to be defeated by a misplaced stack of envelopes.

This is what a politically “weaponized” USPS looks like…. OR …. The inefficiencies introduced to reduce costs are rife with misapplications, OR the previously eliminated policies & procedures were, in fact, the best & well worth the higher costs. The trade between efficiency and cost was a bad call.

There Ought To Be A Law Intentional curtailment and delay of the US mail 18 U.S. code 1703 Delay or Destruction of Mail or Newspapers: Whoever, being a Postal Service officer or employee, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years or both

Santa Maria CA,Orcutt, Lompoc, Vandenberg, Gaudalupe et al. Mail is trucked to the postmarking center in mid-afternoon. If the mail isn't at the post office when the truck leaves it waits until the next day. After the midnight deadline. PUT YOUR BALLOT IN A COUNTY DROPBOX, DO NOT LEAVE TO CARRIER.

This is so distressing. USPS is a rural lifeline. GOP cheating for permanent power screws more than just ballots. Farmers depend upon the USPS to deliver chicks. They can survive for a short time while being posted. Delays mean dead chicks in the Mail. All for GOP permanence. GOP **forever** 🤬

I live in rural WA and there are very easily accessible ballot boxes in every single town. There is no excuse to mail your ballot unless you literally cannot leave your house.

I have been voting overseas from various countries for 35 years with no problem. This year, my ballot is a no show. Even if it arrives, it will be too late to return it on time. My county is listed as a reduced mail area. Nothing to be done about it now.

You can take your ballot into the post office and ASK that it gets postmarked, but you have to ask. If it’s a local address ASK that it gets postmarked and delivered locally. OR deliver your ballot in person to your clerk once voted! Know your state voting laws!

Fixing the postmaster general and board of governors was low hanging fruit for Biden. He slept on it. Trump always spots an opening and corrupted the mail system. A real president can fix this but no negotiating will work. A sledge hammer will. Get Congress to pass laws if there are obstacles.

Biden did not have the authority to "fix" the postmaster general. He cannot fire him. Also, Louis DeJoy, the extraordinarily bad PG, left the job in March last year. Theie's a new bad one in his place now.

I'm living in a country where (surprisingly) post offices are privatized and (not surprisingly) there is no Saturday delivery. It works very well. I was surprised at so much US squawking about Saturday delivery. Also no business class mail means junk mail still comes but via low-paid contractors.

My ballot in Portland, OR was picked up and counted the next day. I received a text. The best part was I talked with our wonderful mailman, he assured me all would go well. He even checks the back of the envelope to make sure it's signed, he was headed over to the next street with an unsigned ballot

My husband and I are some of the very few Texans eligible to vote by mail. I spent almost $70 to mail ours Priority Express. I put them directly into the hands of a worker at the post office counter. They arrived at county clerk the next day and have been recorded. Voting in Texas sucks.

I was concerned about USPS efficiency even in a suburban town, and went to find a locked dropbox instead of mailing my ballot. I realize this is much more difficult in rural areas. Alarming and frustrating.

In my area (SE Ohio). It took 6 days for me to receive a ballot then 6 days for my return ballot to be received at the county Board of Elections. In 2024 the same process took 5 days.

It now takes the same amount of time to get a first class letter to another address within my town in Oregon as it dies to send that letter across the country to Ohio. That's ridiculous.

People in my area haven’t received their ballots two weeks after they should have arrived. Not impacted by this at all. Use drop box’s if that is an option.

@propublica.org Since 1990, Democrats led by +28.4 cumulative points (+3.2/race avg; +44.0M at 2024 turnout, +33.7M raw) for President and +11.0 cumulative points (+0.6/race avg) for the House. Yet Republicans won 10 of 18 House popular votes and 12 of 18 majorities.

If one Democrat won one election by 10 points, that's 91% of your +11 cumulative points right there. You can't average across multiple districts like that either. If you're trying to say that some voters get more representation than others, sure. Look at the Electoral College system.

Love that Republicans screwed their own voters. But, while I hate the rural voters, their votes are important and should not be subject to shenanigans. Count the votes of all the voters and accept the results. It’s called democracy, and it’s only as healthy as you make it.

They were not cost cutting measures at all but voter suppression brought by the federal government and Trump’s agents provocateurs all carefully orchestrated to cause chaos in the midterms. But it will backfire, though it may not be fast enough not to have far reaching effects. But it’s his base.

Yep… hurting his own voters…. Same with mail ballots…. MAGA has a much larger senior citizen base who vote by mail. Repugs focused on increasing mail ballots because they could then focus on lower propensity voters more quickly. Florida was famous for its success…. Until Trump railed against it.

The USPS is another cog in the Republican voter suppression machine. I remember when they just delivered the mail, not so much anymore. I'm really tired of all their improvements.

The Epic Fail-American president is a convict, child rapist, thief, russian asset and a pathological liar!!