


The US Postal Service Makes Public Announcement About Mail-In Ballots Ahead Of The Midterm Elections
âȘ The United States Postal Service (USPS) confirmed it has created a special division that will manage & oversee mail-in ballots in future elections…
Adrienne Marshall, executive director of the newly created Election and Government Mail Services, said that it will oversee âelection mail strike teamsâ in local communities to deal with possible problems. âWe are fully committed to the secure and timely delivery of the nationâs election mail,â she told media outlets on July 27.
Several months ago, the Biden Administration requested $5 billion to support the USPSâs mail-in voting operations over the next 10 years.
âThis proposal expands on the essential public services that the Postal Service provides to the American people and will also help to relieve budget strain on local election offices across the country,â the administration wrote in March.
It also includes policies to make âofficial ballot materials free to mail and reducing the cost of other election-related mail for jurisdictions and votersâ while âenhancing the Postal Serviceâs ability to securely and expeditiously deliver and receive mail in underserved areas,â the White House said at the time.
The USPSÂ claimed it delivered 97.9 percent of ballots from voters to election officials within three days, and 99.89 percent of ballots were delivered within seven days, during the 2020 election.
The Postal Service is sending guidance letters to election officials in each state and territory this week. So far, nearly 40 million ballots have been mailed to and from voters during primary elections.
Reliability & Fraud
Former President Donald Trump and some Republicans have said that mail-in ballots invite fraud and are unreliable. Numerous lawsuits were filed in the wake of the 2020 election over the ballots, drop boxes, and related policies, while some GOP-controlled legislatures have tightened rules around absentee voting since then.
In 2005, former Democrat President Jimmy Carter and former White House chief of staff James Baker released a report (pdf) that found mail-in and âabsentee ballots remain the largest source of potential voter fraudâ while adding that âvote-buying schemes are far more difficult to detect when citizens vote by mail.â
But years later, Carter in May 2020âmonths before the electionâreleased a statement that called on states to expand mail-in voting due to COVID-19.
âTo address this threat,â the statement said, âThe Carter Center urges federal and state governments to expand access to vote-by-mail options and to provide adequate funding as quickly as possible to allow for the additional planning, preparation, equipment, and public messaging that will be required.â
Earlier this year, USPS officials confirmed they were investigating two separate incidents where mail-in ballots were found in Southern California. A woman allegedly found a box of ballots on a sidewalk in Hollywood in May, while a man in San Diego found ballots discarded near an interstate.
The USPS did not responded to a request for comment. âȘ






















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