U.S. Postal Service urges voters to mail ballots early [Video]

The U.S. Postal Service says it has the capacity to handle an uptick in election mail, but officials are urging voters to send in their ballots early. Beginning this week, the Postal Service is taking several steps to speed up election mail, from extra deliveries to specialized sorting plans at processing facilities. The Postal Service says that in the first three weeks of October, 99.9% of the election mail was delivered within seven days.”The nation’s postal network is operating effectively without any major reported disruptions,” Steve Monteith, chief customer and marketing officer for the Postal Service, told reporters on Wednesday. Still, officials say voters should not wait to mail in their ballots. “We do recommend that they return their ballot at least seven days prior to the election, but voters also need to be very mindful of whatever their specific state rules and deadlines are,” said Adrienne Marshall, the election …