New York, New Jersey Mail-in Voting Problems May Foreshadow Difficulties in Upcoming Presidential Vote

Mailed in ballots sit in U.S. Postal Service bins inside the office of the Stanislaus County Clerk in Modesto, Calif. on Nov. 6, 2018. Alex Edelman/Getty Images

The unique problems posed by voting-by-mail are being blamed for election fraud in New Jersey and for a now-three-week delay in counting ballots for New York City’s primary elections, with many races yet to be decided.

These difficulties may foreshadow larger problems to come in the November presidential elections.