USPS Details Election Preparations - Measures Include Additional Pickups, Extra Deliveries and More
October 3, 2024
The Postal Service will implement extraordinary measures before the general election, including extra pickups. The Postal Service is ready to deliver the nation’s ballots and other Election Mail, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told the news media last week.
In a press briefing on Sept. 19, DeJoy said USPS will build upon its past successes, including the 2020 general election, when the organization delivered 99.89 percent of ballots from voters to election officials within seven days.
“We will be even better prepared for 2024 and will perform admirably again, as we always have,” he said. “Our track record is strong. We have been transporting and delivering ballots since 1864. Our network is designed to handle a surge in mail volume, just like we do every election and holiday season.”
Beginning Monday, Oct. 21, USPS will implement extraordinary measures to ensure mail-in ballots are delivered close to or on Election Day or by a state’s ballot return deadline.
These measures include additional pickups, extra deliveries, special lines for customers dropping ballots at Post Offices and employing special features on processing equipment to expedite and enhance ballot delivery.
“Moving the nation’s Election Mail is an all-hands-on-deck effort for the Postal Service,” DeJoy said.
This was the second of several election briefings for the press that USPS plans to hold this year. The first session was held Aug. 29. Recordings of both briefings are available on the Postal Service’s Election Mail website, which also has guidance for voters, FAQs and an Election Mail kit for election officials.
