2020 Mail-In Ballots Sent Back to Voters in Baltimore 2 Years Later: USPS

More than two dozen Baltimore voters received their 2020 election ballots nearly two years later after the U.S. Postal Service found a tray of undelivered mail.
“The Postal Service discovered a tray of undelivered mail in a Baltimore facility on Friday, Aug. 5,” a U.S. Postal Service spokesperson, Tom Ouellette told WMAR-TV on Aug. 23 in confirming the finding.
The found “mail was from year 2020 and contained what appeared to be 26 blank ballots mailed from the Baltimore City Board of Election to addresses with a Baltimore ZIP Code,” the USPS spokesman said. “Those mailpieces were delivered Saturday,” or Aug. 26, 2022.
“We deeply regret the late delivery of these mailpieces. The Postal Service takes these issues very seriously and is working to help avoid issues like this by going over our processes and procedures with all employees ahead of the general elections,” said Oulette. “The U.S. Postal Service is fully committed to the secure, timely delivery of the nation’s Election Mail. We are in close communication with the Baltimore City Election Board and look forward to a successful election in November.”…