USPS Says Thousands of Mail-In Ballots May Have Gone Missing
- An estimated 150,000 ballots were delivered day after election
- USPS spokesman says more than 97% of ballots arrived ‘on-time’
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The U.S. Postal Service on Thursday told a judge that a review of processing data revealed roughly 4,250 mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania and North Carolina may have gone missing.
It’s possible the ballots were delivered, but that workers skipped a final envelope-scan procedure to speed delivery under a court-ordered rush, the USPS told U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington.