Exclusive: UPS, FedEx warn they cannot carry ballots like U.S. Postal Service

[cheryl]

Exclusive: UPS, FedEx warn they cannot carry ballots like U.S. Postal Service - Reuters

United Parcel Service and FedEx on Friday shot down social media calls that they step in to deliver mail-in ballots from the U.S. Postal Service, which is warning states of potentially “significant” delays.

“State ballots must be postmarked to be considered valid and only the USPS has lawful postmarking status. Therefore UPS, FedEx and other private parties cannot technically be involved in shipping ballots,” UPS told Reuters in a statement.

“FedEx does accept individual ballots, and we advise that customers planning to return their ballots via FedEx should closely review their state’s guidelines on absentee voting and deadlines for ballots or related election documents,” FedEx said.

 

[DriverNerd]

UPS: "We want to, but can't"

Haha, okay. At least it sounds better than "We don't want to because there's no profit in it. And even if we could squeak out a little profit we don't care - as long as coronavirus is alive and kicking we're making record profits"

 

[eats packages]

This would go just as terribly as when some scammer or other nebulous group decides to sprinkle the whole town in envelopes. We also don't have mail pick-up boxes so what's left to do? drag a 1000 through to every house and pickup ballots until the starter motor or battery dies? The private-public dream.