Turmoil in the U.S. Postal Service has only heightened concerns surrounding the ability of the nation’s myriad election systems to manage a presidential vote.
“The system is buckling under the weight of the dramatic surge and demand for absentee mail ballots,” said Wendy Weiser, director of the democracy program at the Brennan Center for Justice. “It hasn’t been built to withstand that high of a volume.”— Although Congress has sent $400 million to help states deal with pandemic-related pressures on election systems, it’s well short of the estimated $2 billion experts say officials need to be ready for November.
To ensure success, all the pieces of mail-in balloting systems have to be in place well before Election Day. That’s because processing absentee ballots is a complex, multi-step process in most states: Voter fills out application, mails it to local election office; local election office verifies voter’s eligibility, sends back ballot; voter completes ballot, signs envelope, returns it. Election office verifies ballot’s authenticity, counts it.
In Wisconsin, requested absentee ballots never got to thousands of voters who asked. Jonas Zahn, a 46-year-old IBM executive, risked his health to vote in person on April 7 after twice requesting absentee ballots. “They still haven’t come so they must still be in the mail,” the Beaver Dam resident said in late July.
Horseshit fake news 8 out of 10 oppose mail in ballots is closer to the truth you just spread propaganda trying to brainwash the American public into accepting this fiasco why don't you get poll numbers from some conservatives next time instead of the same group of democrats
How many printing presses are getting cranked up to make more ballots?
NOT HAPPENING!!! The Supreme Court will swiftly end this!!! Stop reporting NAZI NEWS FOR THE PEDOPHILE SUPPORTING DEMOCRATS.
Most votes end up getting thrown out....Its crazy...
Dems trying to steal this election. If you can leave your house you can go vote.
I think all election votes by mail be certified with assigned tracking number to avoid poor human handling. This eliminates intentional malpractice.
Voting is a US citizens privilege! Vote by mail shd b against the law.
What BS......Brace yourself . what morons
Completely disagree. The polls will be jammed this will be a landslide
Carolyn41581248 I’m voting by mail EARLY in Florida. I will cast my vote for every Democrat as soon as I get my ballot. Then I will bring it to the PO. Track BALLOT online ! Easy, Peasy! H O P E is our 4 letter word! 🌊🌊🌊
Leaky. Who would risk it?
margbrennan Thank you for covering the difficulties, but please also cover Trump’s brazen attempt to kill USPS and throw the 2020 election into chaos. 1) 2)
The only winners in this election will be lawyers...
Playing the field are we, so you can come down, 'On both sides of the issue?'
Voting registration rolls purged Polling stations closed Voting machines errors Ballets not counted Delaying, labeling mail voting illegal Withholding additional funds 4 voting security Millions about to be homeless, unable to vote This a coordinated attack on our right to vote
Meanwhile, Trump is attempting to destroy the thing we were all going to rely on in order to vote. So, If you were already going to vote by mail, just go get it from your town hall, vote, hand it back to them. No USPS at all. I do not trust them with my vote this year.
legallybae Absolutely ripe for election fraud.
JonLemire As soon as your ballot arrives in the mail you need to send it out the same day or the next day… Do not wait!
margbrennan ivanka must be p1ssed as she invested in Voting machines made in china & trump has voted by mail USPS American is expecting U 2 Deliver Democracy
VoteInPerson
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That’s how you ‘win at all costs’ 🤷🏻♀️...... really weak sh*t 😂
It should be illegal.
Imagining standing in the wrong DMV line for twelve weeks should be good mental conditioning for what's coming...
Won’t happen
Your telling me kids are going to school full time in a lot of states...and adults can’t go to vote in person. Bet the people complaining about voting in person have no issue going to Starbucks and waiting 20 minutes for a coffee surrounded by other people.
Piss off. If you can RIOT in person, you can VOTE in person.
This helpful info was included in my AZ mail in ballot. If you make ‘a mistake’ simply cross it out & select a different choice. Mail in ballots must be opened by someone other than the vote caster before being counted... what could possibly go wrong...
Where do you get your numbers? At least 50% DOES NOT embrace it!
Before the president election, Please peacefully unification Korea regardless of the time of the president election. The US-Japan Security Treaty does not concern the US president election. 70 missiles have already attacked the Sea of Japan.
I live in Oregon where we’ve been voting by mail for decades. However, I don’t mail my ballot. I always use the secure drop box by our local library. Even though I can track my ballot, I prefer not 2 use USPS. More secured drop boxes in accessible locations should be priority.
missjst Find out how to HandDeliverYourBallot to your Supervisor of Elections office if you plan to vote by mail-in ballot, and drop it off as early as possible. The USPS has been corrupted and cannot be trusted to deliver your ballot! And no matter how you vote, VoteEarly!
It’s not complicated. tRump will make it complicated. TrumpMeltdown TrumpIsANationalDisgrace TrumpIsALaughingStock TrumpThreatensAmerica TrumpFailedAmerica
I’m a Trump supporter, I’m going to volunteer to harvest ballots for those you too scared to leave your house to vote. See you Nov 3rd 😈
It's being MADE complicated by Trump and his crony DeJoy and the ongoing USPSsabotage happening right now.
especially when one candidate is doing everything to sabotage it
No way is it that high
brace yourself because your voice was never so able to be stolen. it was always in use but in exclusive cases, now mass mailing will replace any likeness of legally transparent procedure. milions never voted will «send» their mails. for «right» candidate.
If we are going to be voting from home, why is anything open?
So complicated that there are states already doing it. 🤷♂️
No mention of the defunding, reorganization, subversion of the post office months before this election by a trump donor who owes millions to post office competitors. Every other leaky pipeline bullet point is caused by proven GOP suppression and fraud. But no mention of it?
Be ready for voter fraud, recounts, and delayed results. Don’t blame it on Trump. He warned us.
STOP! Stop acting as if American voters won't choose to vote early and vote in person on November 3rd. USPS mail is not the only option, but one of several.
Excited to see my dead grandparents get the chance to vote again.
This will prompt historic levels of cheating from Democrats out to steal the election from Trump. I predict 108% turnout. Should be some fun!
Please report responsibly. You provide no evidence to show 3 out of 4 voters are expected to vote by mail in November. Your “research” source includes a handful of states where vote by mail increased in 2020 primaries compared to 2016 primaries. That’s speculation, not news.
THE USPS handles letters to Santa, we’ll be fine. Nothing to worry about.
TexasBluein20 And particularly complicated when one of the candidates is not only disposed to interfering in elections, but is in a prime position to do so with plenty of eager help.
A new report was just released that shows Nevada sent more than 200k mail-in ballots to wrong addresses. What can go wrong? But go ahead and blame orange man
Why complicated? I have been mail voting in the UK for years. Simple enough. All that is required is you can read and sign your name (chewing gum optional).
A democrats wet dream. If you can't beat Trump, ride the covid bus until election day.... and if you lose again blame ______
Complicated Washington and Oregon have been doing this for years! The fraud rate is something like .0006%. You can drop it off in a ballot drop box so it only hits the post office once in its journey. It’s bar coded and is easily tracked. You can do it from your phone.
It has worked just fine in the states in which this is not new. If there is a problem, it will be because the administration creates problems. If he disrupts and manages to be inaugurated, and we can prove what he did-we should experience the quickest impeachment process ever.
Wow! Mail-in-voting is one of those rare issues where Republicans and Democrats agree that risks are inordinate.
It was complicated before DeJoy was appointed Postmaster General - now it's shaping up to be a doomsday scenario.
The biggest con job vote by mail. You could protest you can vote
And I will wait for the final count!
JonLemire Donald Trump doesn't understand a man like Joe Biden. While Trump was cheating on his wives, Joe Biden was going between DC and Delaware so that he could tuck his children in every night. Trump will never be a 1/10 what Joe Biden is. I truly hope everyone sees this.
But I kept hearing how safe and easy it was from msm, so they lied to us?
....100,000 mail in ballots in LA last week rejected for multiple reason. What could possibly go wrong ? 🙄
Ummmm Maybe Trump will find a way to STOP us from voting after all. He is hand-picking who can vote anyway. Most will be from Florida and directly off his golf course.
I changed my mind after the USPS slaughter last night. Unless my Governor installs secure boxes for ballots or the Senate actually does anything to fix it I’ll carry my absentee ballot down to the polls and turn it in on site.
It is not complicated unless you are an idiot. Fill out the ballot. Place it in the provide sleave Place it in the provided envelope Sign the envelope. Mail the envelope on or before the deadline. If you are too stupid to follow simple directions you are too stupid to vote.
Eish...
3 in 4? Where are these people?
JonLemire Our USPS was raped last night by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy who is trying to subvert American Elections:
Is this satire?
Smell and spells FRAUD 😱
If I can stand on line at Costco I can stand in line to vote.
It's especially complicated when a president's toady is trying to slow things up.
Leaky pipeline? As opposed to machines that change your vote?
3 months out. No debates. No VP pick for Biden. Wonderful system
Republicans are volunteering nationwide to keep you Democrat’s in check. We the people will not tolerate your push to cheat the world of the best POTUS this country has ever seen. VoteRepublican votered
This and big pharma shares are the reason behind the covid hysteria the ScumMedia has whipped up and is sustaining. But, I think Joe will lose. Might take a few months to sort it out but the Donald will win this one too.
It would seem to be easy for Russia or China to create fake mail in ballots to confuse people. Don’t know if they would but many states are new to mail in and I wonder if they really have any protections against this?
'Wild ride' is what you went with, in the face of a crony of the orange shitstain making sweeping changes at an organization already kneecapped by a GOP push for ludicrous forward-funded pensions? Or, as I'm calling it: VoterSuppression. JFC, the media has learned NOTHING.
Very complicated. You have a paper ballot that can’t be forged and that can be tracked from your house to acceptance by thr Board of Elections. Who would resist this unhackable system?
And it will be weeks before a clear winner is determined
Postpone elections
Just go out and vote. The mail in will be a disaster
Total ****show & it should not be legal. Paging SCOTUS.
And fixed by Trump in advance
📬🗳BallotHarvesting
LetHerSpeak
If you can go to the weed shop, liquor store and get an abortion then you can go vote in person. It's NOT complicated
Terrible idea, nobody is going to have faith in the results of this election, will be litigated in courts for months, will not be possible for a peaceful transition.
Ballot box ,voter Id. Dem supporters you keep saying potus wants to cheat make sure to tell your dem leaders ballot box with Id. If Russia is interfering best tell joe to ignore their advice and debate, drop the dementia act and try to hide his racism better.
Don’t Get Ready, Be Ready to Vote
Many lost ballots. It’s a Democrat Hail Mary Pass because they know they will lose
Its going to be 2000 all over again!!!!
I have always voted Ohio absentee ballot by mail, but this year I will make a point to stand in line and vote in person
“Expected to embrace”
complete shit show for months to come
Sooo complicated, voting by mail. Maybe 'we' need to involve the SPACE brainiacs. Betcha they'd figger it out lickety-split if their funding would be frozen pending ElectionSecurity. NASA
Post office can't handle mail in ballots. I have a package marked 'Out For Delivery' on the 4th. Still hasn't been delivered.
We've been doing this in CO without issue for years now. I always drop my filled out ballot off at a designated drop box as opposed to mailing it back when I'm finished too.
Postal FYI.... 18 U.S. Code § 1701.Obstruction of mails generally.Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. 🇺🇸
These numbers are exaggerated by the Associated Press. There will be a lot of people who will vote in person. More than likely the United States Supreme Court will have the final say if there will a vote-by-mail.
You can flood the streets in protest, you can stand in lines six feet apart wearing masks for everything thing else you want but to vote oh no it's too dangerous
You can typically also deliver directly to a designated elections drop-box. Viola!
Biden doesn’t even remember his return address
It's likely to be a wild ride...for sure..
…not to mention ripe with fraud and illegitimate.
If only we had a president that would embrace the challenge and work to make it more efficient.
You wish.
Are you kidding?!
Dems will commit massive voter fraud! Republican ballots conveniently lost or tossed! No chain of custody, no proof of citizenship necessary! This is the real election interference!
This will be a shit show. The results will be contested no matter what..... but I believe that’s part of the plan.
Gonna be even more complicated as Trumps cronies mess with USPS
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