Judge orders Postal Service to take extraordinary measures

1/11/2020 5:51

        A US federal judge has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to take “extraordinary measures” to deliver ballots in time to be counted in Wisconsin and around Detroit, including using a priority mail service.
        
        A Chief U.S. District Judge in Washington, issued the order after being presented with data showing on-time delivery of ballots sent by voters was too slow in Michigan and Wisconsin.
        
        They are both “battleground states” in this years US Preseidential election.
        
        Delivery of ballots in the USPS' Detroit district, for example, has dipped as low as 57% over the past week,
        
        National on-time delivery has been at 93% or higher.