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– The US Postal Service has agreed to take aggressive action to ensure that ballots are taken into account in the Georgia elections. In an agreement with civil rights groups, the USPS said it would treat any ballots that remain in the processing centers within three days of the Jan. 5 election as express mail, which rises to delivery the next day. , on Washington Post. GOP meaning David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler are challenged by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in the election, whose results will decide which party controls the Senate.
“The USPS will coordinate with Georgia (the Electoral Council) to make arrangements for the delivery of all ballots to the BOE before 19:00 local time on January 5, 2020,” the agreement reads, according to CNN. The postal service promises other measures, including a sweep of postal facilities to ensure that ballot papers were not overlooked. More than 2 million Georgians have already cast their ballots, or about a quarter of the state’s registered voters, Fox News reports. (Read more articles about USPS.)