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There may be up to 300,000 mail-in ballots in several key states, where the postal service claims to have sent the letters, but the election commission cannot see that they have received them. There are twelve postal districts affected by the order, writes the New York Times.
The decision could be very beneficial to Democrats, as it is clear that the majority of voters who are registered as Democrats have requested to vote by letter.
It was Washington DC District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan who issued the order Tuesday.
The bottom line is that the postal service has struggled to handle the record number of postal votes this year, both from volume and a political game surrounding the agency.
Sullivan gave the postal service a deadline of 21 Norwegian hours to ensure that postal votes are not withheld in regions where shipping has been slow, and requires an update at 10:30 p.m. This applies to areas in the transition states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Arizona.
All except Pennsylvania and Texas require postal ballots to be sent before voting centers close on Election Day, meaning they will not be counted if the postal service does not send them out quickly enough.
In Texas, mail-in ballots are mailed on Election Day, provided they are received the next day. In Pennsylvania, it could be received three days later, something Republicans are trying to stop in the judiciary.
