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Mail-In Ballots Thrust Postal Service Into Presidential Race

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service's famous motto -- "Neither snow
   nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers" -- is being
   tested like never before, by challenges that go well beyond the
   weather.
   The coronavirus has devastated its finances. The Trump administration
   may attach big strings to bailouts.
   The agency's responsibilities, meanwhile, are mounting. A dramatic
   shift in many states to voting by mail is intended to protect voters
   from spreading the virus at polling places. But it's also making more
   work for post offices and contributing to delays in determining
   election winners.

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