Oklahoma Lawmakers Weigh In On USPS Readiness For Mail-In Ballot Surge

As the USPS becomes the center of national debate, Oklahoma lawmakers offer thoughts- and critiques - on the emergency bill.

Tuesday, August 25th 2020, 5:36 pm

By: Alex Cameron

WASHINGTON D.C. -

The question of whether the U.S. Postal Service can handle a surge in mail-in ballots in November is the latest issue to divide the nation’s capital.

Congress held hearings and even a rare weekend vote over the issue.

On Saturday, the House approved the so-called “Delivering for America Act’, providing the Postal Service with $25 billion in emergency finding. The Democrats were joined by more than two dozen Republicans in voting for the act, but none, however, from Oklahoma.

Alex Cameron has more details from Oklahoma’s lawmakers in Washington D.C.