More mail-in ballots are being tossed for lateness than before—an ominous warning ahead of November’s elections.
The U.S. Postal Service’s capability could be what decides the November elections.
Election officials are sounding alarm bells that the snail-mail service may not be fit to handle the volume of mail-in ballots this midterm cycle. An analysis published Monday by The New York Times revealed that more mail-in ballots were tossed in 2026 and 2025 than in other years.
The Times examined some of the most heavily contested battlegrounds in 12 states—California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Washington—and found that ballots were discarded for lateness at a higher rate than previously recorded.
None of the systems of democratic execution are equipped to deal with voters executive their rights. Its starvation by design. Increase friction to deter engagement. Invalidate votes even if cast. Remove ppl from rolls to deny them their constitutional right. The US Constitution is under siege from the GOP and Trump and they are succeeding.
The USPS should not be throwing out my mail no matter what. They don’t throw out my electric bill when it’s late, so don’t fuck with my ballot.
Edit: So the USPS can make your ballot late, then throw it out for being late?
SCOTUS has relatively recently ruled that a mail carrier can throw out mail of black residents, while delivering the mail of white residents, and not be held liable for any wrong doing.
Edit: So the USPS can make your ballot late, then throw it out for being late?
That’s the voter suppression, yes.
You might need to vote in person. You might need to stand in a long line for quite a while. Your employer must, by law, give you time off to vote. It’s important that your vote be counted.
Some of those states are 100% vote by mail.
If I were the employer I’d be giving people the day off with pay as long as they come back with one of those “I voted” stickers
