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Viral video out of Arlington gives voice to voting concerns
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You may have seen a viral video making the rounds this week where an Arlington woman vents about not being able to send an absentee ballot request at her local post office.
It has been viewed more than 4 million times, but there is more to the story.
As a military spouse, Jennifer Edwards has voted absentee for a decade with no problems - until she walked into the Arlington post office in Smokey Point.
"Being able to go to a post office as someone who moved in a military family this summer, I should be able to trust my post office," she said.
Edwards posted a TikTok video showing her after she tried to mail an absentee ballot request to her home state of Pennsylvania. The form was single sheet with a prepaid stamp printed on it. The form also had much of Edwards' personal information. She wasn't comfortable folding up a flimsy piece of paper and putting it in the mail.
There was confusion over how to properly send it and the situation got heated.
"He said I have the right to refuse service to anybody," said Edwards. "I asked him again and he still refused. At that point it becomes an issue because he is refusing to mail by ballot request."
A postal service spokesperson blamed the problem on improper postage and packaging, adding, "The U.S. Postal Service is fully committed between now and the November election to the secure and timely delivery of the nation's Election Mail."
But for Edwards it's much bigger issue. By refusing her service, Edwards believes that postal worker was putting a barrier between her and her ballot.
READ THE FULL STORY:
https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/elections/viral-video-voting-concerns/281-1175a53b-b2bc-479a-9dea-d5f4455bbc4f