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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…

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’m one of those “crawl over broken glass to vote Democratic“ people, so I was going to do anything to make sure our votes counted. 💙 We have a house outside our home county and have to spend a lot of time there for a bunch of reasons, so voting gets complicated. Texas GOP wants to make it hard. 🤬

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.