Secretaries of state say closing mail processing centers and post offices could disrupt absentee voting this year.
The U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with cost-cutting plans to close hundreds processing centers and thousands of post offices, including a processing facility in Everett.
Voters worry that the closures could delay the delivery of ballots or make it difficult to find a place to mail the documents. Elections chiefs say the closures could also pose security concerns by sending some ballots out of state for processing.
The Postal Service has said it will put the closures on a temporary hiatus at the end of August to minimize disruptions ahead of the general election.
Nearly 100 people who work at an Everett mail processing facility will lose their jobs later this year, the U.S. Postal Service announced Feb 23.
Also lost will be next-day delivery of first-class mail sent in Western Washington. Customers instead can expect delivery to take two or three days.
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