Election Officials Urge Drop Boxes for Late Ballots as USPS Delays Threaten 2026 Count
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Updated · KABC-TV · Nov 3
Election Officials Urge Drop Boxes for Late Ballots as USPS Delays Threaten 2026 Count
3 articles · Updated · KABC-TV · Nov 3
Summary
Polls opened at 6 a.m. EST in 10 states Tuesday as election officials and voting-rights advocates urged voters with late absentee ballots to use drop boxes or hand-deliver them instead of mailing them.
USPS postmarking delays tied to recent operational changes have raised fears that ballots arriving on time could still go uncounted if they receive late postmarks.
Tens of thousands of ballots were rejected in this year’s primaries in California, Oregon and Washington — all vote-by-mail states — because they arrived late or were postmarked too late.
Heavy rain and flash flooding in parts of Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico also threatened Election Day access, prompting Navajo Nation polling-site changes and electronic voting for some rural Utah voters.