'It's not OK': USPS says mail-in ballots will be delivered on time. But some Boston residents still have doubts.
Given the trouble Paula Witten has had getting her utility bills and prescriptions delivered from the United States Postal Service, the longtime Jamaica Plain resident is worried about mail service for something even more sacrosanct: her vote.
“It was rain, sleet, or snow, and everything would get delivered,” she joked, referencing the agency’s unofficial motto. “But it’s not their motto anymore.”
With Witten and many other Boston residents reporting consistent problems with delayed or undelivered mail, some are now worried they cannot trust the postal service to get their mail-in ballots delivered in time to be counted.
But, officials with USPS insist that voters casting their ballots by mail should not be worried, as there are protocols in place to ensure votes aren’t lost in the system.
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