Over the past two national election cycles, the United States Postal Service, Mail Handlers and all postal employees have shown dedication to American democracy.

In the 2018 midterm elections, 30.4 million votes out of 120.3 million total votes cast were mail-in or absentee ballots. However, during the 2020 election season, the Postal Service saw an increased use of vote-by-mail in all states due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, USPS processed and delivered 135 million ballots to and from voters. Despite this drastic increase, Mail Handlers and our fellow postal brothers and sisters delivered 97.9% of ballots within 3 days and 99.7% of ballots within 5 days. These numbers improved during the 2022 elections: 98.96% of ballots were delivered within 3 days and 99.82% were delivered within 5 days.

I have the utmost confidence in the Postal Service for providing a secure and reliable election process. Make no mistake, any allegations that the Postal Service is not capable of delivering mail-in ballots are unfounded and only work to undermine the democratic process.