Post Office confessional: ‘We will be assessed a penalty after it’s finally processed’
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Dave Bartkowiak Jr., Digital Managing Editor
FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, vote-by-mail ballots are shown in sorting trays at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. In every U.S. presidential election, thousands of ballots are rejected and never counted. They may have arrived after Election Day or were missing a voter's signature. That number will be far higher this year as the coronavirus pandemic forces tens of millions of Americans to vote by mail for the first time. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) (Ted S. Warren, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
“Our city income tax return was due July 31. I hand delivered the return to the main post office on July 20. The post office box for the city is located there. Three weeks later, I received the return back with a 15 cents postage due. It wasn’t even postmarked. Slapped another stamp and put in mail again. Ten days later, it comes back with no explanation, though it was postmarked this time. During a pandemic, my husband had to personally take it to city hall tax department. We will be assessed a penalty after it’s finally processed.”
A national spotlight has been shone on the United State Postal Service as the agency recently warned 46 states that mail-in ballots may not be returned in time for the November election -- even if they are mailed on time -- amid delayed and reduced services caused by a lack of federal funding.
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