The United States Postal Service on Monday reported delayed delivery of mail ballots in 11 districts, including five battleground areas.
The Hill first reported the update, citing court filings, one day after a federal judge ordered the postal service to adhere to its “extraordinary measures” policy and devote more resources to ensure the timely delivery of ballots to election offices.
The key areas affected are Central Pennsylvania, Detroit, Greater Michigan, Mid-Carolinas and Greensboro, N.C.
The Postal Service’s performance has struggled under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic, inclement weather, understaffing, high parcel volume and an influx of mail-in ballots.
President Donald Trump over the weekend promised to take legal action if he believes Tuesday’s election is conducted unfairly, especially in Pennsylvania. He also said it would be unfair for Pennsylvania and other states to count ballots after Tuesday, as they plan to do.
Polls show Trump in tight races with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in a number of states, including Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and Iowa, as well as Pennsylvania.
Mail-in voting has increased due to the pandemic – more than 56 million voters requested mail-in ballots this year and about 27 million have been mailed so far – but the USPS last week said about 1 in 10 mail-in ballots weren’t arriving on time.
"The Postal Service is, first of all, a public service," Christopher W. Shaw, a historian and author of "Preserving the People's Post Office,” told CBS News.
"My concern is that we are seeing people who are in charge at the USPS are not of that mindset that it is a public service first. They treat it like a business, but it's not a business. It doesn't exist to make money — it exists to serve the public."
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