Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab says around 1,000 ballots for the August primary election were tossed due to mishandling by the U.S. Postal Service.

  Schwab says those voters were disenfranchised because their ballots were mailed before election day, but because of processing issues at the Post Office, they either arrived more than three days after the deadline or were missing a postmark. Schwab spelled out his concerns in a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. He sent the same letter to the six members of the Kansas Congressional delegation.

During the August primary, nearly 18% of Kansas voters submitted a mail-in ballot. About half of the state's county clerks reported receiving mail-in ballots without a postmark or after the three day deadline.