Postal Service stopped updating a national change of address database used by election officials in a majority of states for three weeks in August, TIME reports, affecting 1.8 million address changes and marking the latest in a string of mail-in voting controversies tied to USPS ahead of the November election. Some of the applications for mail-in ballots received at the Berks County Office of Election ... [+] Services in Reading, PA on September 3, 2020. Chief CriticJohnson told TIME the agency has since changed the NCOA database to ensure that the August issue will not happen again. Changes implemented by DeJoy that spurred widespread mail delays were decried by critics as efforts by DeJoy and President Donald Trump to undermine mail-in voting, which DeJoy has repeatedly denied. Further ReadingExclusive: As States Prepared Mail-in Ballots, Postal Service Failed to Update at Least 1.8 Million Addresses (TIME)Postal Service Changes Struck Down By Third Judge (Forbes)Colorado Sues USPS As States Warn Postal Service Sending Out Mail-In Voting Misinformation (Forbes)Postal Service Agrees To Destroy Colorado Postcards With Mail-In Voting Misinformation After Uproar From States (Forbes)

Source: Forbes September 28, 2020 15:11 UTC