USPS to continue extraordinary measures to deliver properly postmarked ballots through Saturday

[Budi]

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3:13 p.m. ET, November 4, 2020
USPS to continue extraordinary measures to deliver properly postmarked ballots through Saturday


USPS' Kevin Bray, who's in charge of all mail processing during the 2020 election, testified in court Wednesday that the US Postal Service will continue to implement extraordinary measures to deliver ballots in time to count through Saturday.

This is important because some states allow properly postmarked ballots to be counted if they arrive after Election Day. Those ballots must be postmarked on, or before, Election Day.

Bray said that USPS, through Saturday, would continue to utilize the express mail network— it guarantees delivery by one to two days — and what they call "local turnaround” that allows for local ballots to be delivered the same or next day.
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[regnaD kciN]

1. What difference does it make...?

Unless those ballots favor Trump, the SCOTUS will just rule they arrived too late and can’t be counted.

[Rstrstx]

3. Probably for local and House races

Some were very close

[Phoenix61]

4. No they won't. If the state's legislature ruled

that’s how the election process works in the state the SCOTUS will support it.

[Proud liberal 80]

2. I wonder how that will affect the House races more than the POTUS race

In particular, those two South Florida races that the Democratic incumbent lost.

[Phoenix61]

6. It won't. Ballots have to be received by

7:00 pm the day of the election in Florida.

[Lochloosa]

7. Correct.

[Proud liberal 80]

8. Even if the USPS caused them to be late

Wow, the republicans and their voter disenfranchisement methods.

[Phoenix61]

9. A different SCOTUS might cut them some slack

but I don’t see this one doing that.

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. "Continue extraordinary measures to deliver?"

When did they start? DeJoy has done nothing but delay the delivery of ballots.