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Rejected Ballots Skyrocketed in Five States Thanks to USPS

Mail-in ballots are being rejected at a growing rate in rural areas thanks to U.S. Postal Service cuts. ProPublica reports that in the primaries this year in Oregon, North Carolina, Washington, California, and Ohio, a staggering amount of ballots arrived too late to be counted due to delays in mail delivery. Three days after primary elections in Stevens…

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