# Voting by Mail in 2020: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 30, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-by-mail-in-2020-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/852897 "2020-04-30T14:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-by-mail-in-2020-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/852897/50 "2020-08-02T02:58:44Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > I see claims that there are official orders from the Postmaster General to post offices to “slow the mail down.” See this post from July 30 in the Clusterfuck thread. Discusses, including a link, a Twitter thread in which this is discussed: > [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux/911083/1617): > > Re: Post Office Head Honcho orders post offices to slow down mail delivery. (Ostensible reason was save money by reducing overtime pay.) Twitter thread: TL;DR: Everyone needs to get their mail-in ballots done and mailed VERY EARLY. Many responders agree their mail carriers have told them the same. Most states also allow mail-in ballots to delivered to polling place in person or to secure drop-boxes in various locations. So do that to bypass USPS. But some questioned if the contents of tho… ETA: Okay, here’s the link to the Twitter thread. Recommended reading! > --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-by-mail-in-2020-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/852897)._