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Postal Service delays put tens of thousands of WA ballots at risk of rejection, research finds

Phys.org · WORLD · Science · 10/27/2026, 7:20:06 AM

There's still time to return your ballot for the 2026 general election, but if you're planning to vote by mail, you may want to hurry. That's according to a research brief posted Oct. 21 by a team led by the University of Washington, which found that ongoing changes to U.S. Postal Service mail processes could double the percentage of ballots that arrive too late to be counted.

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