A box of ballots to be sorted in a US Postal Service box in Nov. 2020. Photo: Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images
Election officials from Washington state and 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: Paul Andrews, president of the Washington State Association of County Auditors, co-signed a letter the national groups sent yesterday to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
The letter outlines a host of problems with the mail delivery system the groups say have been evident over the past year.
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.
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.
