Mail your ballots with time to spare, officials say

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

EVERETT — An Everett resident is hoping to raise awareness about the deadlines needed to turn in ballots after votes she dropped off at the post office weren’t counted in the August primary election.

Connie Chapman took her and her husband’s ballots to the downtown Everett post office around 2 p.m. Aug. 5, a few hours before the last collection for the day at 5 p.m. She assumed her ballots would make the deadline to be postmarked, but when she checked the status of her ballot later, she found that her and her husband’s votes were not counted due to not being postmarked in time.

Chapman said there was a lack of clear communication about the fact mail may not be postmarked on the same day when dropped off at a post office.

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The United States Postal Service has never guaranteed same-day postmarking, given the variety of ways mail can enter the postal network, postal service spokesperson Zachary Laux wrote in an email.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/mail-your-ballots-with-time-to-spare-officials-say/

[LisaM]

1. This happened to me. Luckily it was a one-issue election

that passed by a wide margin. But I was pissed. I learned later I could have taken it to the counter to be postmarked but I didn't know it that day.

This constant whittling away of essential services is frustrating. Post Offices seem to have about one third of the employees they need.

[Old Crank]

2. The next step for mail in ballots

Will be restricting how early they can be mailed out. That will reduce the time you have to get them back in.