As deadlines for mail ballots loom in several swing states, including Nevada and North Carolina, a federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Postal Service to conduct twice-daily searches for any undelivered votes. The move comes days after Postal Service executives said that 300,000 mail ballots sent by voters had not been reported as delivered to election offices. Attorneys for voting rights groups have pressed repeatedly this week for ballot-processing data in Postal Service facilities, as well as more detailed information on any votes that may have gone awry. According to Postal Service executives, the confusion stems from the unique steps the agency is taking to process the ballots for the election.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 06, 2020 00:38 UTC