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In reply to the discussion: The Post Office has been ordered to obstruct voting by mail. [View all]gristy
(10,667 posts)8. No. That the USPS should be doing what you are suggesting is surely false.
Regular mail. That is all that is needed and expected and promised.
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Do you know for sure that the previous policy was to transfer them directly in past elections? (nt)
mr_lebowski
Oct 2020
#2
In Bexar County, Texas the post offices are separating mail ballots from regular mail
LeftInTX
Oct 2020
#21
Thank goodness the clerk informed you, I'd have made arrangements to hand deliver.
KS Toronado
Oct 2020
#3
I don't think this has ever been the policy of the USPS. Please check and verify.
CurtEastPoint
Oct 2020
#6
Small enough that there is one post office and the town clerk is only open 2.5 days a week.
Voltaire2
Oct 2020
#27
Call your rep & senators, your local democratic office, & your local media stations.
CrispyQ
Oct 2020
#9
I always thought our ballots in WA were processed as mail. Never gave it a 2nd thought.
maxsolomon
Oct 2020
#18
Funny how Republicans always claim to be spreading democracy around the world,
WyattKansas
Oct 2020
#36