A record number of Americans plan to cast their ballots by mail. But experts say that shouldn't stretch the capacity of the USPS. 'They process over 400 million pieces of mail a day,' one says. 'There's not even half of that many voters in the country.'
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says it's his"sacred duty" to ensure election mail delivery this fall., and voters in some two dozen additional states can expect theirs in the coming few weeks. Because of the coronavirus pandemic a record number of Americans are expected to cast their ballots by mail this year.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy pledged to a Senate panel last month that the agency he leads is"capable and committed to delivering the nation's election mail fully and on time."Some 37 percent of Americans cited in a recent survey say they plan to cast their ballots by mail this year. Amber McReynolds, who directs the National Vote At Home Institute says that shouldn't stretch the capacity of the postal service.
The Postal Service says it is accustomed to handling periodic surges in volume. For example, the agency said itThis year, the Postal Service has begun preparing for the election mail influx. Ronald Stroman, a former deputy postmaster general, says much of that preparation involves training postal workers.
Stroman says the postal service also has election mail coordinators who work with state and local election boards, so that"we know when mail is coming in, we can make arrangements and sometimes we make extraordinary arrangements to pick up mail and do things that we might not ordinarily do ordinarily do to help expedite consideration.
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