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22 October 2026

Ballot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail Service

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Ballot Rejections Soared in Rural Counties After USPS Reduced Mail Service

Jacque Laird, elections administrator for Adams County, Washington, prepares ballot envelopes for delivery to voters at a third-party processing center that sorts mail, Direct Mail Enterprises, in Spokane. Adams County was one of the eastern Washington counties that saw a spike in the number of mailed ballots being rejected for arriving too late after U. S. Postal Service changes. Rajah Bose for ProPublica In early August, election workers north of Spokane, Washington, went across the street to the post office to check for late mail-in ballots.

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