2024 Elections

Oregon’s Mailed Ballot Returns Delayed Due to Confusion About Counting Process

Election officials and postal workers were unclear about who should count ballots to determine how much Oregon owes the U.S. Postal Service.
Oregon’s Mailed Ballot Returns Delayed Due to Confusion About Counting Process
United States Postal Service (USPS) workers load mail into delivery trucks outside a post office in Royal Oak, Mich., on Aug. 22, 2020. Rebecca Cook/Reuters
Scottie Barnes
Scottie Barnes
Freelance reporter
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Post offices in two Oregon counties have caused delays in getting ballots from local post offices to county election offices ahead of the May 21 primary election in the vote-by-mail state.

After learning from county election clerks that ballot returns were lower than expected and some post offices across the state were delaying delivery of completed ballots, Oregon election officials met with USPS representatives on May 16 to address the issue.

Scottie Barnes
Scottie Barnes
Freelance reporter
Scottie Barnes writes breaking news and investigative pieces for The Epoch Times from the Pacific Northwest. She has a background in researching the implications of public policy and emerging technologies on areas ranging from homeland security and national defense to forestry and urban planning.
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