Ballots Being Rejected Due to Postal Delays | Yakima News

Yakima News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 9, 2026 · 1m

Voters are facing serious setbacks as thousands of mail-in ballots get rejected in primaries—not because they were mailed late, but because they’re postmarked too late, thanks to the USPS’s cost-cutting operational changes. Critics say these cuts are slowing down processing, especially hurting rural areas where mail infrastructure is already fragile and where ballot rejection rates have skyrocketed. With voters’ trust in the system already shaky, this issue is deepening frustration: when you cast your vote, you expect it counted—and seeing ballots tossed out over a postmark glitch feels like…