Local election offices reportedly received mailed ballots days after the deadline to be counted ‘in nearly every state’

Local election offices reportedly received mailed ballots days after the deadline to be counted ‘in nearly every state’

State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the US Postal Service (USPS) that it hasn’t fixed persistent deficiencies.

The officials said in a letter that over the past year, including the just-concluded primary season, mailed ballots that were postmarked on time were received by local election offices days after the deadline to be counted.

They also noted that properly addressed election mail was being returned to them as undeliverable.

    • P1nkman@lemmy.world
      153·
      2 months ago

      See this lake? It’s republican, so you can swim here. But that one over there? It’s where the democrats hide the dead babies they kill to get their blood.

      Oh, and potatoes grown in this field are republicans, but stay away from the taters across the road!

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      131·
      2 months ago

      Because the left typically aren’t autocratic. They want our agencies and services to actually work efficiently and provide the most they can for the highest number of people, rather than turning everything into a goddamn team sport.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        53·
        2 months ago

        Because the left typically aren’t autocratic.

        You don’t need an autocracy to have a functional postal service.

        This is Republicans taking advantage of a weak liberal institution, not leftists declining to become tyrants.

        • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          41·
          2 months ago

          You don’t need an autocracy to have a functional postal service.

          Huh? Are you confused by my point maybe? The Democrats are the ones who actually have an interest in our government functioning well. And they are not the autocratic party (that’s obviously the GOP).

          Just because Biden is currently president, does not mean that the Democratic party is responsible for the dysfunction of the USPS. Those of us who remember the last election, remember Louis DeJoy very well, and we understand how this fucking clown is still in charge… And it’s because of Republicans (and two attention removed “independents” who refused to let the Biden Administration do anything about it).

          So yeah, we don’t need autocracy to have a functioning postal service, yes… I don’t know why you would think I thought otherwise based on my comment.