RELATED: USPS must process election mail on time, federal judge orders“In a pandemic, states are even more reliant on the mail, especially when it comes to administering elections,” U.S.
District Judge Gerald A. McHugh Jr. wrote in granting a preliminary injunction.The Postal Service, in response, called election mail the agency's “number one priority." In an agreement reached Friday in a similar New York case, the agency agreed to handle it as First Class Mail whenever possible and to put more resources toward the effort.“We are 100 percent committed throughout the Postal Service to fulfilling our vital role in the nation’s electoral process by securely and timely delivering all ballots pursuant to our long-established processes and.