The United States Postal Service has warned election officials in 46 states and the District of Columbia that their absentee voting rules are “incongruous” with the agency’s mail delivery service standards.
The U.S. Postal Service is warning at least 23 states that their deadlines are “incompatible” with delivery standards, including battleground states like Pennsylvania and Michigan.
In Pennsylvania, for example, the deadline to request an absentee ballot is one week before election day, and Michigan allows requests up until four days before. But in order for it to be counted in either state, under current laws, the ballot must be back in the mail and returned by 8 p.m. on Election Day. One week for two deliveries is not enough time, Marshall explained.
United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon sorts mail to be delivered before she sets out on her route in Philadelphia, May 6, 2020.Marshall’s letter to Pennsylvania was made public in a court document filed late Thursday as part of a lawsuit brought by progressive organizations in April.
Despite what would appear to ensure a delay in announcing a winner in the state, lawyers for Boockvar add that they “do not expect that such an extension would create any significant delay in the reporting of Pennsylvania’s election results.”
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