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Mail piling up. Constant attacks from the president. Cuts to overtime as record numbers of ballots are expected to pass through post offices this fall.
The success of the 2020 presidential election could hinge on a most unlikely government agency: the U.S. Postal Service. Current signs are not promising.
The Postal Service already was facing questions over how it would handle the expected spike of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic, but several operational changes imposed by its new leader have led to mail backlogs across the United States as rumors of additional cutbacks swirl, fueling worries about the November vote.
It seems like theyre just trying to turn customers away from the post office, said Jim Sizemore, president of the American Postal Workers Union chapter in the Cincinnati region. He said his offices are behind on deliveries because of new rules specifying when mail can go out
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/results-of-2020-election-could-hinge-on-us-postal-service/ar-BB17Lkd1?li=BBnb7Kz
Get your ballots in early and or use a drop box if your state provides them.
a kennedy
(29,706 posts)Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)His father taught him ruthless and despicable and Roy Cohn took it further. None of this should be surprising in the least.
It could very easily be situations where the exit polls have Biden winning states by 4 points but the count drags on and Trump ends up "winning" those states by 10,000
a kennedy
(29,706 posts)I swear to gawd I will do something very, very, drastic if he wins.