RICHMOND, Va. -- Election officials across the country, including Virginia, raised concerns with the U.S. Postal Service about the timely delivery of mail-in ballots ahead of the November election in a letter sent to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy earlier this month.

Virginia's Commissioner of Elections, Susan Beals, expressed her concern to lawmakers during a recent hearing at the Virginia State Capitol. Local registrars were having issues before last November's election, Beals said.

"The types of things that we're seeing are people who have lived in an address for a very long time, all of a sudden their address is being marked as undeliverable and their ballot or their mail is not reaching them, it's being sent back to the elections office," Beals said. "We also have heard stories of mail sitting in processing centers for an extensive amount of time."

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Beals remains hopeful that these measures will help, but she urges voters to be extra cautious this year. She advises voters to track their ballots after mailing them or consider dropping them off in person rather than relying on the mail.

Source: https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/virginia-election-officials-express-concern-sept-20-2024