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A Postal Cutback Could Sink Tens of Thousands of Midterm Ballots

Late ballot rejections nearly doubled in counties whose post offices lost their afternoon truck, a Brookings analysis of three states’ 2026 primaries finds, and voters there can offset the delay by mailing a few days early.

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