Postal Service leaders have also been emphasizing that voters should put their ballot in the mail more than a week before their states' deadline.

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Why are the cuts affecting mostly rural areas? The USPS consolidated mail processing into larger regional plants instead of hubs closer to local post offices. Then, the agency cut the frequency of mail pickups at many of these local offices from twice a day to once.

We found that USPS cuts have caused at least a one-day delivery/postmark delay, most affecting states that allow ballots to count if they come in after Election Day as long as they’re postmarked by that day. Rejection rates increased most in areas that voted for Trump in 2024.

Visual representation of the judges that have shut down the Trump administration's demands for confidential voter data. DOJ is 0 - 26, with four pending. Eight of the judges were appointed by Trump. via @peterelkind and Lucas Waldron @propublica. 🔗 in thread.

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A Postal Service spokesperson declined to comment on the agency’s internal deliberations about the EO and said it was the Board of Governors’ policy not to discuss them. He referred ProPublica to an earlier statement by Postmaster General David Steiner: about.usps.com/newsroom/stat…

5/ The Trump administration "has hidden the high likelihood that the new ballot mail verification processes will result in major disruptions in mail ballots ever getting delivered to voters," according to the disclosure.

1/ Just in: An anonymous federal worker has filed a whistleblower disclosure warning that the U.S. Postal Service's attempt to create a system to regulate mail voting for the midterms has been "rushed, chaotic, and fundamentally flawed." @ProPublica has the details 👇

Little does Phil know…