[Superman]

Okay, I read the article. I have some observations I will not share here but I will say that the only "national" angle I see are the demands to meet a Congresswoman in her DC office which would indeed "get their attention." What happens, besides the staff time to attend the meeting, is other staff time by several offices and internal correspondence between the local post office, the regional offices, the national office, back downstairs, back up the chain, back down the stairs again..... And lots of folks think this use of resources is a great idea. Okay.....

I also see "Western Washington" when the problem may actually be localized into the metropolitan Seattle area. Housing costs are mentioned, and USPS may not have the authority to offer compensation packages to prospective Letter Carriers which would be attractive to them in a market where apartment rents are $2,000+/month. So yeah, plenty of evidence of a staffing problem. Your Letter Carrier may be working two shifts per day.

Still, that does not solve all riddles. I share concerns about when scanning occurs and what data is captured in those scans.

I also notice this assertion by an angry residential customer than 58 other ballots went missing in his neighborhood. I wonder what evidence we have other than an angry assertion.

But I think Jeff said his ballot went missing. I certainly do not have questions about the truth of that!

And I notice the local election office has been drawn into this. Reviews are often appropriate, and these assertions are important. I can tell you as a former insider that a substantial portion of those two local agencies' management resources have been redirected into this review. Pushing other work aside at least temporarily. Still, it must be done. Even in short-staffed organizations.

The article was interesting to me, but also raised at least as many questions as it answered.