Senator James Lankford on whether the Post Office is capable of handling a surge in mail-in ballots for the 2020 US election

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james on Tue, 04/27/2021 - 16:27

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But the belief that the post office can’t handle an additional 100 million pieces of mail right before the November election, ignores the fact that last year during the week of December 16, the post office handled over 2.5 billion pieces of first class mail in one week.

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[link] The postmaster general encouraged voters to request ballots early and return them early but said he is confident that the Postal Service can handle any surge in ballot traffic, which in the most extreme case would amount to less than one day's worth of the current volume. James Lankford, (R, OK): "belief that the post office can’t handle an additional 100 million pieces of mail right before the November election, ignores the fact that last year during the week of December 16, the post office handled over 2.5 billion pieces of first class mail in one week."