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In Ashland, Massachusetts, four boxes in the post office went offline when the building closed after mold was discovered in the basement. In Eugene, Oregon, at least 21 are gone, culled from locations with multiple boxes that now have one or two. Rusty bolts embedded in the concrete are still visible.
Even if this year's removals track with historical averages, has been anything but a normal year. Some voting rights experts question why the Postal Service would remove any mailbox during a pandemic when more voters than ever are expected to cast ballots by mail.
Why not wait until after the election? Postal Service warns states: Some absentee, mail-in ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted. Seniors, those with disabilities and people with limited transportation often rely on collection boxes in their neighborhood for outgoing mail.
They will grapple with the tough choice of voting in-person and risking illness or trying to navigate voting by mail, according to Capri Cafaro, a former Democratic member of the Ohio Senate who now teaches politics at American University. Now, the owner of a salon near the intersection said, seniors in a nearby building have to walk uphill several blocks to the nearest mailbox.
States are expanding voting access in different ways, including offering ballot drop boxes, allowing people to drop off ballots in person, and in some cases extending the deadline for returning ballots. State-by-state guide: How to vote by mail in the election. Fears about voter suppression centered on mailboxes in mid-August when at least one viral tweet purported to show a pile of them at a dump. The photo was debunked , but it was shared more than 80, times and coincided with real news reports of boxes being removed.
Public concerns reached the highest levels of government. The House approved legislation Aug. More than two dozen Republicans joined Democrats to vote for the measure, which isn't expected to get a vote in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Trump repeatedly said he opposes federal funding for the post office, which is losing money, and continues to make false claims about fraud related to mail-in voting. As the political fighting intensified, Nathan Story, who runs a website connecting users to the nearest mailbox or post office, started hearing from people concerned about preelection mailbox removals.
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