USPS doesn't have data on # of ballots still in the system. Judge demands data by 9:00 am tomorrow.

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Megan Mineiro (@MMineiro_CNS)

On the 300K ballots that USPS doesn't have tracking data on, Bray said that the delivery process included removing election mail from the normal mail stream to accelerate delivery, bypassing the normal scanning process.

Bray: “I wasn’t worried about necessarily the scans on the mail pieces as much as I was about delivering the mail by the most accelerated process possible.”

Bray said that in hindsight USPS could have set up a tracking system for ballots on the accelerated delivery routes, but stressed speed was the focus.

The certification of USPS facility checks were only to confirm completion, there was no reporting process for mail found in the wrong location during the "all clear" process, Brey said.

Brey: “That was the whole gist of the sweep, to continuously move it [election mail] through the network, to not let it sit."

Asked if local mail-in ballots put into the mail yesterday will be delivered today to relevant boards of elections, Bray said: "Absolutely. We expect that 100 percent.”

Bray asked about 135 ballots delivered late in Western Pennsylvania, said: “Having mail that late is bothersome. I would like to see it.”

Asked about local ballots mailed Sat but that were delivered one day late, on Tue instead of Mon, Bray said: “I don’t know why and there’s no excuse. It should never have happened."

Moving on next to NAACP attorney's questions for Bray. But first, 15 min break.

USPS also looked into a report that about four days of mail-in ballots were sitting on a loading dock in Greensboro, NC.

DOJ just informed the court that postal officials confirmed there are no ballots in the plant. "All local ballots have been dispatched today."

Bray made clear USPS does not have data on the number of ballots still in the system to be delivered in states counting mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day. Sullivan ordered he provide that data by tomorrow 9am.

Sullivan praising postal workers saying that his and the plaintiffs' hearts go out to them as the ones who are making the system work.

But looks like DeJoy may still have to answer for the failure to comply yesterday...

Sullivan to DOJ: “Tell your clients they’re not off the hook. But I want to focus on the pressing issues now."

That's a wrap for today. Sullivan with be back with DOJ and plaintiffs tomorrow 11 am with Bray available for questions.

Expect discussion on data due at 9am on ballots still in the delivery process in four districts, in NC and Penn.

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1. If you don't know you better ask somebody, Louie!

PS lock him up!

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2. Lock him up!