Post Office Problems

RECEIVED Mon., Aug. 17, 2020

Gentlemen,
    We need to stop and think just a moment. It seems to me that the idea of the Post Office not being able to handle the ballots on time is utter nonsense. Hasn’t it occurred to anyone that the completed ballots don’t need to cross the county line?! They don’t even need to be sorted or stacked. They’re all going to the same address and could be delivered in old-timey bags. The Post Office of 100 years ago could accomplish the delivery on time using horse drawn wagons.
    There’s no excuse for late voters, but even their ballots will be counted in the official tally. I learned from Bruce Elfant that counting begins upon delivery to the County Clerk’s office.
    If the foolish, sociopathic Republicans wanted to sabotage the election, they might do it psychologically, but certainly not physically. Could it be that their twisted little minds might be fogged by their hatred of anything which doesn’t turn a profit?
Coke
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