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Weatherhead's Daniel Shoag weighs in on budget cuts to the United States Postal Service and consequences for the presidential election

MEDIA | August 26, 2020
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

US Postal service scrambling for funding to ensure mail-in ballots are counted in time

WEWS: Daniel Shoag, associate professor of economics at the Weatherhead School of Management, commented on cuts to the United States Postal Service, such as the removal of sorting machines and employee overtime, as November’s election nears and absentee voting is expected to rise given the pandemic.