BETHESDA, Md. (FOX 5 DC) – Concerns about the mail have been high for many months now since reports that the U.S. Postal Service was scaling back in overtime and was also removing sorting equipment. Mail collection boxes are also an issue with some within the District and parts of Maryland, found to be overflowing. FOX 5 […]
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Denton County Elections Administrator Frank Phillips said Monday his county is seeing an unusually large number of people surrendering their mail-in ballot at their polling location so they can vote in-person instead, and are also hand-delivering their mail ballots to his office. Tarrant County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia said the county is […]
DC Police pursued the stolen mail truck through Petworth for approximately six blocks. WASHINGTON — A police chase ensued in Petworth Friday evening after a USPS mail truck was reported stolen. DC Police said they received a call around 6:49 p.m. about a stolen truck in the 700 block of Quebec Place Northwest. Police chased […]
Quite possibly, a bitter, unprecedented election dispute awaits Americans. 10/13/20 – Earlier this year, the New York State Board of Elections took six weeks to declare that U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney had narrowly defeated her primary challenger, Suraj Patel. The reason: because of COVID-19, the U.S. Postal Service was overwhelmed by the staggering, unprecedented number of […]
BALDWIN, Pa. (KDKA) — Special agents from the United States Postal Service raided the home of an Allegheny County mail carrier over the weekend. At a time when public confidence in mail delivery is low, a mail carrier is suspected of putting out his deliveries with the morning trash. Special agents from the United States […]
Forget to put your ballot inside these sleeves, and in some states your vote won’t count. On top of that, your ballot may be visible to anybody. FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — 10/09/20 – Many voters will trust the US Postal Service to get their ballots to county officials on time for the 2020 election. Virginia […]
ENFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — 10/09/20 – News 8 is your Election Headquarters. It’s a story we first broke back in September. Our political team investigated why more than 200 -absentee ballot addressed to Connecticut residents, mainly in Enfield, arrived weeks after the August Primary. “There does appear to be some kind of issue to suggest […]
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — The United States Postal Service is under intense pressure to deliver absentee ballots in time to be counted this November. Mail delivery has slowed down recently, and federal courts have ordered a halt to some changes implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. The Postal Service is also facing a growing problem […]
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) — 10/09/20 – There is a mystery brewing in Santa Monica after a man found dozens of mail-in ballots and other important mail tossed into two trash cans. Osvaldo Jimenez made the first shocking find Thursday in an alley off of Virginia Avenue near 21st Street. “I opened the trash can, […]
OAN – 10/07/20 – The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is ramping up efforts to combat scams targeting veterans. OAN