The Postal Service successfully delivered more than 130 million ballots to and from voters during the general election. But by the time Christmas arrived, it had gotten so bad that more than a third of first-class mail was late.
PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. Postal Service’s stretch of challenges didn’t end with the November general election and tens of millions of mail-in votes. The pandemic-depleted workforce fell further into a hole during the holiday rush, leading to long hours and a mountain of delayed mail. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy