Massive mail delays hit the postal
service as Donald Trump's new postmaster-
General orders overtime ban and sorting
machine shutdowns to save cash—raising
more fears over November election
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The U.S. Postal Service is experiencing days-long backlogs of mail, sparking fears the problem could continue into November and affect the election. Additionally, an internal report from the postal service warned almost half the states are not providing adequate time for workers to deliver ballots ahead of the election. Several states affected are battleground ones that could decide if Donald Trump or Joe Biden is the next president and it's big cities—which are hot beds of Democratic voters—that will likely be most affected.(Snip) An internal report from the Postal Service warned there are 24 states with deadlines close enough
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It's a crapshoot as to whether routine pieces of mail will arrive on time, if at all. Now picture a sudden massive volume of mail, combined with the ease Democrats have in stealing or swapping out voting materials; Trump is right in dangling out an election date delay unless we can somehow confirm the validity of votes. (I'd do in-person only, with narrowly defined exceptions to include military personnel stationed overseas; too many dead people keep on voting because states can't be bothered to purge their voter rolls from time to time.)