The United States postal service agreed to treat the ballots by mail in the two January 5 elections of the Senate’s second round as express mail, according to a report on Thursday.
The USPS reportedly struck a deal with civil rights groups, including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Vote Forward, to treat the ballots still in the processing factories within three days of January 5 as delivery the next day.
A voter walks into the lobby during early voting for the Senate runoff election, at Ron Anderson Recreation Center, Thursday, December 17, 2020, in Powder Springs, Georgia.
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Under the agreement, the agency will forward filled ballots in Atlanta directly to vote counters, conduct more robust scans for lost ballots, and track results daily, the Washington Post reported.
The deal effectively avoids a major process ahead of the two January 5 elections that will determine which party will control the United States Senate. The plaintiffs said they would not push for further operational changes if the USPS delayed the deal.
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More than 2 million Georgians have already voted in the runoff elections. The latest poll numbers released on Thursday by state officials indicate that more than a quarter of all registered voters in Georgia have already voted in both disputes.
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More than 1.3 million Georgians voted through in-person voting at polling stations opened a week and a half ago, with more than 720,000 voting absent.
Paul Steinhauser of Fox News contributed to this report.