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2391portation Optimization, or RTO, at post offices throughout Skagit and Whatcom counties. Instead of traditional morning and afternoon transportation between local post offices and processing facilities, these offices now typically have one trip per day.</p> 2392 2393 2394 2395<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That matters for election mail. When a carrier collects a ballot during the day, or a voter deposits one in a blue collection box after the outgoing transportation has left, that ballot may remain at the local post office overnight before beginning its trip into the postal processing network.</p> 2396 2397 2398 2399<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For previous general elections, our local office had a way of addressing this problem. Returned ballots were separated from ordinary outgoing mail and given special handling. Clerks manually applied what postal employees call a round-date postmark, reflecting the date the ballot was accepted at the local office, rather than allowing the ballot to simply enter the normal automated mail stream.</p> 2400 2401 2402 2403<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I was told by my postmaster that this additional scrutiny was implemented in response to extensive litigation over election mail and was intended to prevent disputes over whether ballots had been timely accepted by the postal service.</p> 2404 2405 2406 2407<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The important point is that the postal service has demonstrated that it can build procedures around the unique deadline faced by election mail. But that procedure was not used at my local office during the August 2026 primary.</p> 2408 2409 2410 2411<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And we have already seen a striking change in the number of Skagit County ballots rejected as âtoo lateâ (<a href="https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/sep/04/states-rural-areas-see-increase-in-rate-of-ballots-rejected-for-late-postmarks/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/sep/04/states-rural-areas-see-increase-in-rate-of-ballots-rejected-for-late-postmarks/">CDN, Sept. 4, 2026</a>). In the August 2022 midterm primary, 179 ballots were rejected for that reason. In the comparable August 2026 midterm primary, the number of rejected ballots was 637, an increase of 458 ballots, or approximately 256%. At the same time, fewer ballots were returned in 2026: 35,656 compared with 38,064 in 2022.</p> 2412 2413 2414 2415<p class="wp-block-paragraph">I am not claiming that RTO caused every one of those 637 rejected ballots. The countyâs election records tell us what happened, not why each individual ballot arrived too late.</p> 2416 2417 2418 2419<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But from the perspective of a postal employee, there are two obvious changes worth examining: RTO has changed the transportation schedule, and our local office did not use the round-date postmarking procedure during the August primary. Those changes deserve scrutiny before November.</p> 2420 2421 2422 2423<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There is an important development since the primary. A Sept. 4 report from the Postal Serviceâs Office of Inspector General states that USPS will implement extraordinary measures for the 2026 midterm elections beginning Oct. 27. The OIG says these measures will be consistent with those used during the 2020 federal election. However, the detailed memorandum explaining those measures has not yet been issued. The OIG says it will be provided to postal service employees before the election.</p> 2424 2425 2426 2427<p class="wp-block-paragraph">That leaves an important question for those of us working at the local level: What will those extraordinary measures actually look like, and will they adequately address the transportation and postmarking problems created by the changes implemented since 2020?</p> 2428 2429 2430 2431<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Washington law allows ballots received after Election Day to be counted if they were postmarked by Election Day. The Secretary of State nevertheless recommends that voters mailing their ballots do so more than a week before Election Day. If voters are returning a ballot close to Election Day, the Secretary of State recommends using an official ballot drop box. (General election ballots will be mailed to voters by Skagit and Whatcom county election offices on Wednesday, Oct. 14.)</p> 2432 2433 2434 2435<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This is not the fault of the employees processing the mail. The carriers and clerks I work alongside care deeply about getting the mail where it belongs. The question is whether the systems and procedures we are being asked to work within are adequate for something as time-sensitive as an election ballot. A birthday card can wait an extra day, though it shouldnât have to. A ballot may not have that extra day.</p> 2436 2437 2438 2439<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So my advice to Skagit County voters is simple: Vote early. If you are getting close to Election Day, use an official ballot drop box rather than relying on the mail. And before Nov. 3, I hope the postal service can give its employees â and the voters who depen
2439d on them â clear answers about how election mail will be handled.</p> 2440 2441 2442 2443<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Because when it comes to something as important as a ballot, âeventuallyâ isnât good enough.</p> 2444 2445 2446 2447<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Christopher Tharp is a letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service in Skagit County and a trustee for the Washington State Association of Letter Carriers. 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