USPS Continues to Receive Thousands of Ballots

Thousands of Ballots continued to Stream into USPS Facilities, Monday Nov. 9th, according to Newly Filed Court Documents, too Late in Many States to be Counted, even if Postmarked by Election Day.

According to the New Data, compiled as Part of a Lawsuit to Monitor Mail Voting, Ballots Arriving Monday included Hundreds meant for Closely fought contests in: Arizona; Michigan; and Pennsylvania, where President-elect Joe Biden has held Leads.

Those Ballots include: 171 in Central Arizona; 121 in Atlanta; 83 in Detroit; 109 in Central Pennsylvania; and 293 in Philadelphia.

Though the Number of Ballots is too Small to Affect the Outcome of the Election in any of these States they could, along with Hundreds of Others that arrived in these States in the Days since the Election, Affect the Margins of Victory for Biden.

Of these States, only Pennsylvania accepted Ballots after Election Day, so long as they were Postmarked by Nov. 3rd. But even Pennsylvania's Extension, Ordered by the State Supreme Court, Expired on Friday Nov. 6th.

Although the USPS has faced Intense Scrutiny for Significant Mail Delays in the Run-Up to the 2020 Election, part of what Democrats and Voting Rights Advocates worried was Intentional undermining by Trump, Ballots arriving at Postal Facilities this week may also Reflect Voters who simply put them in the Mail too Late. It's Unclear from the Documents how many of the Late-Arriving Ballots may have been Postmarked by Election Day.

The USPS cautioned, in a Disclaimer to the Court, that the Numbers may actually be an Undercount, since Not All Mailed Ballots were Marked with Codes that Identify Their Postmark Date.

USPS has been providing Daily Updates to U.S. District Court Judge, Emmet Sullivan, who has Demanded Granular Access to USPS Data as Part of a Lawsuit intended to Monitor USPS Handling of Mail-in-Ballots, which States have Increasingly relied on amid the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Sullivan has Ordered USPS to Conduct Twice-Daily Sweeps of its Facilities to Locate and Expedite Ballots to Election Officials, and in recent Days, he's Prioritized States with Extended Ballot Deadlines, like Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

But the Data also Reveals Thousands of Votes that will almost certainly Not be Counted, Marked for States that Require Mail-in-Ballots to Arrive by the Time Polls Close on Election Day, or within Extended Dates.

Those include: 184 in Richmond, 158 in various Florida Districts, and 627 in combined Colorado/Wyoming Facilities.

Significant Percentages of Mail-in Ballots were Not Delivered to Election Offices by Nov. 3rd:

Atlanta, GA - 17.9%

Detroit, MI - 21.1%

Greensboro, NC - 27.1%

Lakeland, Wi - 23.2%

Philadelphia, PA - 33.7%

The Data also shows that 6.7% of Mail-in-Ballots were Received by Nov. 3rd but Not Processed.










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