Postal Service report warns of bottlenecks in processing mail-in ballots

[Nevilledog]

https://news.yahoo.com/postal-service-report-warns-of-bottlenecks-in-processing-mailin-ballots-181823693.html

WASHINGTON — During a June 30 special election in Oklahoma, U.S. Postal Service employees in Oklahoma City were so concerned that late-arriving absentee ballots would not be counted, they searched for such ballots by hand.

Postal inspectors visiting that day found some 200 ballots sitting in two trays on the floor. These were pointed out to the postal workers, who quickly set about processing them, driving them to the appropriate county election boards themselves. It is not clear what would have happened to the ballots if the inspectors had not noticed them.

That was one of several troubling scenarios identified in a new report from the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service. That report, “Processing Readiness of Election and Political Mail During the 2020 General Elections,” found that a lack of coordination between state and postal officials could imperil voting on Nov. 3, when the president and most of Congress will be on the ballot.

In its analysis of both ballots and political mailings processed at seven facilities between April and June 2020, the report found that 8 percent of these election-related materials were not delivered on time.

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[Hoyt]

1. So, who do we blame for problems occurring BEFORE Dejoy took office?

[msongs]

2. deJoy assumed office June 16 nt

[jorgevlorgan]

3. This is before the sorting machines were removed

Imagine how its going to be as they are likely removing even more machines without telling us.

[CousinIT]

4. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. That's why the sorting machines were removed. n/t