Postmark problems from primary vote should not be repeated, North Dakota election official says
The person in charge of North Dakotas elections said he hopes a return to an all hands on deck policy by the U.S. Postal Service will prevent the postmarking problem that arose during the state primary.
At least five counties reported receiving absentee ballots for the June primary election that did not have a postmark. That left it up to each countys canvassing committee to decide whether to accept the ballots.
North Dakota Secretary of State Michael Howe said the U.S. Postal Service is returning to an extraordinary measures policy that was first used in the COVID-19 pandemic year of 2020.
Its basically all hands on deck at USPS, if any piece of election mail comes through, ensuring it gets a postmark, ensuring its delivered in a timely manner, ensuring nothing gets missed, Howe said.
https://northdakotamonitor.com/2024/09/04/postmark-problems-from-primary-vote-should-not-be-repeated-north-dakota-election-official-says/