As the coronavirus pandemic forces adjustments in 2020 races, some states worry that financial disruptions at the U.S. Postal Service may lead to decreased voter turnout in the general election.
If the USPS continues to endure financial stress, there are concerns that it may not be able to effectively carry out the expected onslaught of mail-in ballots for the election. "The Office of the Secretary of State has become increasingly concerned about the declining revenue of the United States Postal Service," said Kylee Zabel, communications director at the Washington state election agency. "If the USPS diminishes, or interruptions in mail service occur, every single state will have to mitigate the impacts to their by-mail voters." Washington state is one of five that conduct voting entirely by mail.
In Rhode Island, the Board of Election is "in regular contact" with the local postmaster, informing the office of "large mailings," according to deputy director of elections Miguel Nunez.
And they didn’t...can you tell your viewers what to do if they didn’t receive and can’t make it to the polls?! MSNBC
That’s weird. People are worried that govt is unreliable? That a govt service that’s proven inefficient and an expensive waist might have errors in delivering mail?
Very concerning that one of Trump’s big donors has been appointed as Postmaster General 
...we get mail everyday... this is just another mail like usual
The majority of voters can go to polls. Only those that are high risk or elderly should be voting via mail
The National Guard will volunteer, if needed.
Right. Lol
Oh, and just remember who used to deliver everyone’s taxes to the IRStaxpros before there was the internet. I was there. We set up a whole section dedicated to tax returns. So YES the USPS CAN handle the ballots. Stop spreading realDonaldTrump propaganda!
Please, in this fact filled tweet, who are some? Trump? Trump and trumpublicans will lose elections because voting is safe and easy. This could save the USPS . Will we allow Trump to destroy this valued company too? UnionStrong APWUnational BernieSanders JoeBiden
That’s nothing but RW PROPAGANDA vote by mail nov2020 vote RW at your own health risk nov2020☠️🖤💀
CNBC, odd times when a “capitalist” media outlet represents Communist Chinese interests over American interests and values. CCP wants POTUS out as badly as you and Chinese puppet Dems. FYI: we see what you do.
Having carried mail for 30 years in a suburb that has the most volume of mail in our district, I can tell you, the post office can and will be able to efficiently deliver all the ballots put into the system.
Oh please! This is beyond ridiculous. Stop repeating this nonsense. If they can do Mother’s Day and Xmas cards, I think they can handle ballots. It’s a ploy to stop voting by mail.
Make sure they pick up all the ballots from the cemetery
i am sure you investigated the fact the USPS has to prefund pensions 75 years in advance, $6 billion a year, since 2006, how much profit does your company make if they had to do the same?
Hire more people
They can handle it. Or drop it off at your election board.
Well, if we can get companies to stop mailing junk trash ads for two weeks over the election, we’ll be fine.
They'll just hide them in storage units.
UPS & FedEx can't find my address half the time. Last week, trying to track my prescription, their site said they'd been given the wrong address. It was right there, on their message--CORRECT. Had to contact the pharm co to schedule redelivery because FedEx only deals w/SHIPPER.
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Please they can handle tax returns they can handle ballots.🤡🤡🤡
Let UPS and FedEx takeover.
They lose or misplace routine mail, so ....
Many people are saying...ComplicitCNBC
Why are the cable networks related to NBC always carrying Trump's water for him. Oregon and Utah vote by mail in large numbers, it's not rocket science.
That US Postal service will never let us down. USPS
Nonsense.
Who? Trump?
They seem to get me all the junk mail I can handle.
horseshit, dumbest thing I’ve heard in quite a while...
Perhaps we should be asking why people would wait to complete their ballots until the last mailable moment.
Of course not.. i am still waiting on a package from them that is 5 days late and was shipped to the wrong processing facility!! Mail in voting is such a bad idea! VOTER ID NOW!
The USPS shouldn't exist.
Oh baloney. They've had mail-in ballots in my state for many years. People get a two or three week period of time to return their ballots. There is no issue. It's just another GOP scare tactic!
Of the few things they do.
? They literally visit every mailbox (public and private) on their route each day. It’ll be one letter (or less, not everyone will use it) more.
But they did all the census ballotmail yeah ok.
It's their one chance to remain relevant after email. Make it count.
Really. Well, it's their fucking job.
Can’t go to the polls but by all means cram into Walmart with your fresh unemployment checks lmao what a joke
well, try for god's sake
We shouldn’t be using mail in ballots to begin with.
Maybe this is the reason for Trump not wanting to fund the mail anymore. Destroy the mailing system of safely voting to wanting Americans including his own supporters to face danger instead.
Alternate headline: Government run service lacks efficiency
Shocker
thegarance Son of a gun!
thegarance That's kind of the point of not funding it.
Patience in counting results.
Trump Lied and People Died
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