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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,837 posts)
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 07:49 PM Aug 2020

Results of 2020 election could hinge on U.S. Postal Service

Mail piling up. Constant attacks from the president. Cuts to overtime as record numbers of ballots are expected to pass through post offices this fall.

The success of the 2020 presidential election could hinge on a most unlikely government agency: the U.S. Postal Service. Current signs are not promising.

The Postal Service already was facing questions over how it would handle the expected spike of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic, but several operational changes imposed by its new leader have led to mail backlogs across the United States as rumors of additional cutbacks swirl, fueling worries about the November vote.

“It seems like they’re just trying to turn customers away from the post office,” said Jim Sizemore, president of the American Postal Workers Union chapter in the Cincinnati region. He said his offices are behind on deliveries because of new rules specifying when mail can go out

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/results-of-2020-election-could-hinge-on-us-postal-service/ar-BB17Lkd1?li=BBnb7Kz

Get your ballots in early and or use a drop box if your state provides them.

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Results of 2020 election could hinge on U.S. Postal Service (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
and that's just great....... a kennedy Aug 2020 #1
He's always said he would do almost anything to win Awsi Dooger Aug 2020 #2
No, no, no, no, no........ a kennedy Aug 2020 #3
By pass the mail! Vote early in person, or hand carry your completed ballot to its destination Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #4

a kennedy

(29,642 posts)
1. and that's just great.......
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 07:57 PM
Aug 2020
Well, we should have known, what has the orange piece of shit been telling us??? Oh yah, results could take months.
 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
2. He's always said he would do almost anything to win
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 08:08 PM
Aug 2020

His father taught him ruthless and despicable and Roy Cohn took it further. None of this should be surprising in the least.

It could very easily be situations where the exit polls have Biden winning states by 4 points but the count drags on and Trump ends up "winning" those states by 10,000

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