Here in the Susitna Valley, when it’s time to vote, we proceed on Election Day to our local community center, where we present our IDs, get checked off the voting roll, sign in, and then fill out a paper ballot. Those paper ballots are placed in a box and counted by humans. Now, granted, that system works well here, where our little rural community can expect fewer than 2,000 voters most years.
Many states and municipalities across the land have, however, resorted to mail-in ballots. It’s easy to imagine many ways in which this system is fraught, but now a major overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service – the timing of which is surely coincidental – is threatening to delay the delivery of mail-in ballots in the November election.
Across the country, residents and businesses have been reporting widespread slowdowns in mail and package delivery by the U.S. Postal Service. The delays have…
