US Postal Service Recommends People ‘Don’t Delay’ to Post Mail-In Ballots

‘If you choose to vote by mail, please mail early as every day counts,’ the agency says.

Trays of mail in ballots are stacked at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters office in San Jose, Calif., on Oct. 21, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The U.S. Postal Service has recommended that Americans submit their election mail-in ballots a week before the Nov. 5 election due to an anticipated increase in mail-in ballot returns that will inundate the system.

In a news release on Monday, the USPS said that “voters who choose to vote by mail do so soon” because of “an uptick of ballots in the mail over the coming days.”