If letter-sorting machines remain out of service, it could put a dent in the post office’s ability to quickly deliver both letters and mail-in ballots. Internal documents from May reveal that ...

The removal of mail sorting machines, collection mailboxes and a warning letter to states are skyrocketing concerns about mail-in ballots this fall.

The machines tabulate the votes and the paper ballots remain as a “paper trail.” Should questions arise (either via a recount request and/or contested vote), the ballots may then be hand counted.