Voters In Lancaster County Demanding Answers From US Postal Service

Always vote in person, always. This story is yet another stark reminder that mail-in voting is rife with issues and a hotbed of questionable election practices.

According to Lancaster Online, more than 100 individuals in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania have reported a glaring problem with their mail-in ballots: the ballots weren’t delivered by the deadline and weren’t counted.

Now, these angry residents are seeking answers from the United States Postal Office, but does anyone ever get answers from USPS or any other government agency?

There are still entire trucks of mail-in ballots from the 2020 election without a clear chain of custody.

I have to stress that these 100 or so ballots wouldn’t have changed the outcome of any of the races in Lancaster County.

My main point is that the USPS is wholly unqualified to act as a courier for a mail-in voting system. Here’s what we currently know:

New from our news team: More than 100 Lancaster County mail-in ballots tossed after postal service delay [updated] https://t.co/pcHRIghxQO

— LNP | LancasterOnline (@LancasterOnline) December 2, 2023

Remember that time there was no such thing as a late ballot? They said all votes matter. I have no idea. What's the political leaning of Lancaster County? Oh look.https://t.co/TD6nPQITWA pic.twitter.com/6vivO9kX0P

— Borborygmus (@Borborygmuses) December 3, 2023

Lancaster Online, a local outlet, featured the troubling story:

A regional USPS spokesperson did not answer questions regarding the delayed ballots, including why they remained undelivered for two weeks.

“We are reviewing the processes involved and seeking ways to improve our service,” said USPS spokesperson Mark Lawrence in an emailed statement.

Last year it was reported that Lancaster County suffered from much more serious election issues that affected roughly 22,000 ballots.

Election results for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, won’t be known for a few days following a printing error on thousands of mail-in ballots.

About 22,000 mail-in ballots were printed with the incorrect code and could not be read by scanners.

— D. Scott @eclipsethis2003 (@eclipsethis2003) May 18, 2022

One individual asked: “Remember when the USPS Union of Postal Workers backed Biden, then hundreds of thousands of mail in ballots were lost, stolen, found in dumpsters?”

Remember when the USPS Union of Postal Workers backed Biden, then hundreds of thousands of mail in ballots were lost, stolen, found in dumpsters? pic.twitter.com/D3hlsa56rN

— Redo of Vaping Waifus (@vapingwaifus1) November 29, 2023

Earlier this year, Fox 43 reported:

Prior to the error being detected, 18,554 ballots were processed by the Postal Service to be mailed to voters, the Board of Elections said.

Since the mistake was found, all Postmasters have been contacted and all Lancaster County post offices are currently pulling, counting, and securing the erroneous ballots for collection by the Board of Elections.

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