A box of ballots to be sorted in a US Postal Service box in Nov. 2020. Photo: Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images
State and election officials from across the country issued a warning yesterday that ongoing concerns with the country's mail system could disenfranchise voters.
The latest warning from the National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors comes as a number of states are set to begin early voting this month.
Zoom in: Oregon conducts all of its elections via mail-in voting, and sends out ballots weeks before Election Day.
The big picture: A host of problems with the mail delivery system have been evident over the past year, the two groups wrote in a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy yesterday.
These include receiving mailed ballots that had been postmarked on time but arrived after Election Day, and instances in which ballots that were correctly addressed were returned to voters as undeliverable.
"We have not seen improvement or concerted efforts to remediate our concerns," despite repeated outreach efforts to USPS, the groups wrote.
What they're saying: "We implore you to take immediate and tangible corrective action ... failure to do so will risk limiting voter participation and trust in the election process," they said.
The USPS did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
