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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Friday, August 14th, Kathy's out, so I will handle the duties.

We'll begin with this story, citing a warning by the U.S. Postal Service about its delivery

times. Governor Tom Wolfe administration is asking the state spring court to extend

deadlines for mail-in ballots to be received in the November election when Pennsylvania will be a

premier presidential battleground. The filing submitted after hours Thursday to the state's highest court

cited a letter dated July 29th by the General Counsel of the U.S. Postal Service Thomas Marshall.

In it, Marshall warns that Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot deadlines are in Congress with the

Postal Service's delivery standards, as he recommended that voters mail in their

ballots a week before the deadline for it to be received and counted.

That deadline under current law is the close of polls on Election Day, November 3 at 8 p.m.

But Wolf's administration pointed out that state law allows voters to apply for a mail-in ballot up until a week before the deadline, never mind mail it in.

And it was stated Wolf had Wolf's administration lawyers wrote a 13-page filing to state it simply voters to apply for mail-in ballots in the last week of the application period and return their complete ballot by mail will,

through no fault of their own, likely be disenfranchised.

As a result, Wolf's administration is asking the state Supreme Court to order that ballots

postmarked by 8 p.m. November 3rd be counted if they are valid and received during the three

days following the election.

I think I can expand on this story, Presta.

One of my favorite field trips as a kid was to a mail sorting center.

Oh, should have had to be exciting.

It was really cool.

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