Postal Service calls for election deadline changes to ensure ballots arrive on time

The U.S. Postal Service suggested states change their election deadlines after 150,630 ballots went to voters too close to the deadline to be counted.

Out of the 3.37 billion pieces of political mail and election mail from 2024, the average delivery time was one day, according to USPS. That meant more than 97% of ballots got to local election officials in fewer than three days and that more than 99% got to them within seven days.