Postal Service warned Pennsylvania leaders in July that some mail-in ballots might not be delivered on time come November because the state's deadlines are too tight for its "delivery standards," prompting election officials to take action. Prior to the note, "the Postal Service had not indicated the likelihood of widespread, continuing, multiple-day mail-delivery delays presenting an overwhelming, statewide risk of disenfranchisement for significant numbers of voters utilizing mail-in ballots,” the secretary of state's Office said. According to Pennsylvania's Official Voter Information Website, current state law requires that mail ballots arrive by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted. In recent weeks, Trump has been highly critical of the postal service, telling Americans that mail-in voting would help people attempting election fraud in 2020. In a Thursday interview on FOX Business, Trump acknowledged that he opposes a major bipartisan stimulus deal in part because Democrats would include billions of dollars of emergency funding to the struggling Postal Service ahead of November.

Source: Fox News August 14, 2020 16:41 UTC