Election Officials Warn Problems With US Mail Could Cause 2024 Voting Disruptions

Responding to a letter from state and local election officials, the USPS said that it is equipped to deal with mail-in ballots.

Mail-in ballots sit in trays before being sorted at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters office in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2020. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A coalition representing state and local election officials across the United States has warned that problems with the nation’s mail system could disrupt voting in some areas, with just weeks to go before the 2024 presidential election.

The National Association of State Election Directors and the National Association of Secretaries of State wrote that they have “ongoing concerns” about USPS’s ability to perform ahead of the Nov. 5 contest, in a Sept. 11 letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.