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This week, the United States Postal Service warned 46 states and Washington, D.C., that it cannot guarantee all ballots for the November election will be delivered and processed in time to be counted due to overwhelming demand.
Thomas J. Marshall, general counsel and executive vice president of the USPS, notified the states of this possibility last month, explaining that their established deadlines for requesting and returning ballots are ‘incongruous’ with the Postal Service's current bandwidth.
Some parts of the country are expecting up to 10x the normal volume of mail-in ballots due to the pandemic, putting extra strain on the cost-cutting org. A spokesperson said that the org is simply ‘asking election officials & voters to realistically consider how the mail works.’
Pres. Trump has repeatedly spoken out against mail-in voting, claiming without evidence that it leads to greater fraud, and this week said that he opposes emergency funding for the USPS because he believes it will help Democrats in November.
The current Trump-appointed postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, is a GOP megadonor who has been accused of intentionally working to slow and reduce mail service.
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