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A Government Accountability Office report found the U.S. Postal Service is falling short of even its own reduced performance benchmarks, weeks before millions of voters will rely on USPS to return midterm ballots.
The agency shifted some transportation from air to ground in 2021, adding one to two days to expected delivery windows for certain first-class mail.
The GAO found about 24,000 post offices stand to lose afternoon mail collection under current plans, a change that falls disproportionately on rural communities.
The numbers in the report The 24,000 figure applies to post offices that sit more than 50 miles from a regional processing and delivery center.
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