This letter is in response to that of Larry Clifton (“Postal Service falling behind,” Our Readers’ Views, Aug. 8) and others who have addressed this topic. My husband and I have lived in Vancouver for 45 years and have enjoyed mail-in voting since its inception. This year, not so much.
Even though we received a Voters’ Pamphlet, our ballots never came. One week before the election I become concerned and called the county elections office, went down to get replacement ballots and then placed our marked ballots in one of the ballot drop boxes downtown. I didn’t trust the USPS to deliver them on time. Please listen to Mr. Clifton who said, “Something is failing somewhere and it seems to be a story that needs investigating.” By the way, in July it took a birthday card mailed in Portland 11 days to reach me.