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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 5949704" data-attributes="member: 12952">Due to a poorly run USPS, Utah voters mail-in ballots received a late postmark.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/11/utah-voters-say-their-votes-were-tossed-after-usps-routed-ballots-to-vegas/[/URL]The issue appears to stem from how mail is processed by USPS for these nine Utah counties. According to the local <a href="https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2024/07/07/tds-iron-county-commissioner-refuses-to-certify-primary-election-results-amid-controversy/" target="_blank">outlet</a>, mail processing for the region “has shifted” from Provo, Utah, to Las Vegas, Nevada, “where it is scanned, barcoded, and postmarked.” Whittaker hypothesized this change and “the maddening 340 mile journey all mail must take to the Vegas sort center and back” produced a situation in which ballots mailed prior to or on June 24 received postmarks after the required deadline.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 5949704, member: 12952"] Due to a poorly run USPS, Utah voters mail-in ballots received a late postmark. [URL unfurl="true"]https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/11/utah-voters-say-their-votes-were-tossed-after-usps-routed-ballots-to-vegas/[/URL] The issue appears to stem from how mail is processed by USPS for these nine Utah counties. According to the local [URL='https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2024/07/07/tds-iron-county-commissioner-refuses-to-certify-primary-election-results-amid-controversy/']outlet[/URL], mail processing for the region “has shifted” from Provo, Utah, to Las Vegas, Nevada, “where it is scanned, barcoded, and postmarked.” Whittaker hypothesized this change and “the maddening 340 mile journey all mail must take to the Vegas sort center and back” produced a situation in which ballots mailed prior to or on June 24 received postmarks after the required deadline. [/QUOTE]

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