On average, the postal system delivered 2.6 billion pieces of non packaged mail per week in 2019. Because of COVID the postal system's first class weekly volume is down 17% this year to date. Even if every voter used mail in balloting, that would be approximately 150 million pieces of mail or less than 6% of weekly volume. As long as election officials factor in normal postal delivery capabilities, and in light of the 17% decline in weekly volume, the postal system has more than enough excess capacity to handle mail in balloting. (04:31–04:40)
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Asserts that mail-in ballots would constitute less than 6% of the postal system's weekly volume.
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