The slice of Michigan that covers Detroit, its suburbs and towns dependent on the auto industry is coveted political terrain in one of this year's most important presidential swing states.
It also has another distinction as home to one of the worst-performing U.S. Postal Service districts in the country.In Michigan and beyond, states are seeing record-breaking interest in mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic.
But controversial changes at the Postal Service have compounded long-standing delivery delays nationwide and sparked concerns among election officials and voters alike over the agency's ability to deliver this fall.Data obtained by The Associated Press shows postal districts across the country are missing by wide margins the.