Postal Service Likely To Play Big Role In Georgia’s January Runoff

A record 1.3 million Georgians voted by mail in the November general election. It’s likely many will vote that way again in the crucial Jan. 5th runoff.

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Absentee ballots for the Jan. 5 Senate runoff elections in Georgia will start going out soon. With COVID-19 cases on the rise, it’s likely many Georgians will again choose to vote by mail.

Close to 2.5 million ballots have been cast by mail in Georgia for this election cycle, including a record 1.3 million in November. Across the country, more than 65 million Americans voted by mail in the November election.

That means the U.S. Postal Service, which was hampered by a re-organization earlier this year, has been busy trying to keep up.