Sarah D. Wire
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222 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 24 Aug
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And so they're concerned about what that would mean for it, people's willingness to turn out and vote.
For the last few decades we've seen postal offices closing, we've seen what type of mail people send has really changed.
You know, they're receiving a lot more packages versus mail.
And so back in December the post office said that they can no longer guarantee that if mail is put in a mailbox, it will be postmarked that day.
Instead it will be postmarked at an a sorting facility.
some areas of the country that can mean two, three, four, five days will pass before the mail is postmarked.
And so states and local election officials are really concerned because in some states you can drop a ballot in the mailbox on election day, and as long as it's postmarked by election day, it will be counted.
And that's not every state.
But
At this point, they're saying, you know, don't rely on that postmark.
You know, if you have to vote on election day, walk in to a post office itself and get it hand stamped.
Otherwise put mail into your mailbox up to a week before election day.
But a lot of election officials are telling me
Rely on the ballot drop boxes.
They're locked, they're emptied nightly.
And that's one way to make sure that the ballot is counted.
They could allow the rulemaking to go forward and the rules to potentially be put in place by November.
You know, this would mean an untested system would be used on election day.
And
A lot of the election officials say they're worried about that.
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