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.
Is mail delivery slow? We sent letters across the country for the past 5 weeks to find out
PORTLAND, Ore. — There’s a lot of talk about the mail these days. People are worried about delayed prescriptions, late bills, undelivered packages, and of course, mail-in ballots.
