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In times of COVID, however, mail only voting is the best alternative. And the USPS has informed states that it may take up to 2 weeks to deliver mailed ballots

In times of COVID, however, mail only voting is the best alternative. And the USPS has informed states that it may take up to 2 weeks to deliver mailed ballots. What that means is for mail in votes to count (which again, will be more popular considering COVID) on Nov 4th, you will need to mail your vote by Oct 20th to guarantee it reaches assuming USPS is correct in its 2 week estimate. The current administration is already laying down the foundation for votes that reach after Nov 4, even if they were postmarked before (which I believe is all that is needed) to be rejected. He tweeted today that the votes must be counted by the end of Nov 4 otherwise they would be illegitimate.

ars 6y ago
> He tweeted today that the votes must be counted by the end of Nov 4 otherwise they would be illegitimate. He tweets lots of stupid things. It's not actually true. Each state can make their own rules on postmark vs receipt date. People seem to forget that voting in this country was designed to work in a time where it took 2 months to count all the votes, with the result arriving by horse. Nothing has changed in the rules since then. People will be annoyed at waiting if there is a delay, but nothing will actually break.