News Postal Service warns states: Some absentee, mail-in ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted August 14, 2020 Kevin McCoy, Donovan Slack and Katie Wedell, USA TODAY Comments Off on Postal Service warns states: Some absentee, mail-in ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted The USPS told election officials that ballots requested by their deadlines and promptly mailed back may not be delivered in time to be counted.