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Prime Day, early holiday sales create new potential for USPS ballot delivery tie-ups. Retail promotions will feed millions of packages into the system, further stressing an agency trying to reverse service delays before the election.

With millions of mailed ballots already pouring in, early holiday shopping and mega retail events like Amazon’s Prime Day threaten to expose vulnerabilities inside the nation’s mail service, which already is dragging from skyrocketing package volumes.

Postal Problems Could Continue Despite Suspension of Policies Blamed for Mail Delays

Dennis Beach began noticing the delays in July. That’s when the mail-order prescriptions needed to treat his high blood pressure and help him sleep at night started arriving late from a Department of Veterans Affairs pharmacy. A five-day delay. Even two weeks, he says. It has been nerve-racking at times waiting for the mail carrier to arrive.

Vote By Mail – Make Sure Your Ballots are Getting to the Right Person at the Right Time

With Vote By Mail efforts ramping up, it’s crucial to make sure your database is up-to-date. By making sure your county database of registered voter addresses is complete, correct, current, and compliant, you can stop sending voter ballots to the incorrect address, eliminating potential fraud and saving on printing and postage costs.

USPS COVID-19 Service Alert

The United States Postal Service is monitoring the circumstances around the novel coronavirus, also known as “COVID-19.” Strategies and measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health departments have been put in place.

USPS Seamless Acceptance

On January 8, 2020, the USPS® published proposed rules mandating Seamless Acceptance. Seamless Acceptance utilizes electronic documentation, Intelligent Mail barcodes (IMbs), eInduction and information from mail processing scans to automate the entry and verification of commercial mailings.

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