Postal Service tells NC voters to request and mail ballots earlier to ensure delivery [View all]

Postal Service tells NC voters to request and mail ballots earlier to ensure delivery
BY BRIAN MURPHY AUGUST 14, 2020 01:55 PM

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article244963750.html

North Carolina election officials are encouraging voters to request and cast their absentee by-mail ballots sooner as a result of potential United States Postal Service delays.

The Postal Service, in a letter to North Carolina’s Secretary of State Elaine Marshall received Friday, said that “under our reading of North Carolina’s election laws, certain deadlines for requesting and casting mail-in ballots are incongruous with the Postal Service’s delivery standards.”

The state deadline to request a ballot is 5 p.m. on Oct. 27, but state election officials and the Postal Service indicate that date might be too late. Election Day is Nov. 3.

North Carolina voters can request an absentee by-mail ballot now. County election boards will begin mailing ballots to voters who have requested one on Sept. 4.

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