Representative Mike Bost (R-Ill.) shares his takeaways from a letter that the Postal Service sent in response to his and 12 of his colleagues’ questions about agency policy which could delay the delivery of time-sensitive mail, including mail-in ballots. Bost sums up the USPS’s position on the matter as a “misunderstanding,” but local officials continue to have questions amid primary election season. Miranda Combs reports.
Clerks, Congress, USPS All Weigh in on a ‘Misunderstanding’
The Postal Service responded “quickly” to a concern of election clerks that Republican members of Congress took to the agency, but doubts remain about the implications of the apparently simple issue.
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