[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] The United States Postal Service (USPS) has warned that mail-in ballots for the presidential election may not arrive on time in 46 states and Washington DC, the Washington Post (WP) reported on the 14th (local time).
According to WP, USPS recently sent letters to these states stating that it cannot guarantee that voters' mail-in ballots will arrive in time for the counting and requested that more time be secured.
USPS issued a serious warning to 40 states, including key battleground states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Florida, that it may take a long time to send ballots to voters and to deliver marked ballots. Another six states and Washington DC received warnings that counting could be delayed for a small number of voters.
For mail-in ballots to be valid in the presidential election, the ballots must arrive by election day. Mail-in ballots arriving after the deadline will be considered invalid.
This warning came amid the financial crisis faced by the post office due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the political controversy over funding for the full implementation of mail-in voting.
President Donald Trump has opposed universal mail-in voting, which means full mail-in voting, citing concerns that election fraud could occur.
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