SPOKANE — Voters who have not submitted their ballots yet should stop submitting them through the mail due to unprecedented concerns ballots will not be postmarked in time for the election, according to recommendations from the Washington secretary of state .

State law allows mail-in ballots to be received and still counted after Election Day, even if they arrive to election workers days later, but only if they are postmarked on Election Day or before.

Postal union leadership and election officials say the U.S. Postal Service’s delivery of mail — and, critically for the upcoming election, postmarking — has been significantly delayed by multiple factors stemming from former Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s “10-year plan” to reform the postal service.

The Spokane County Elections Office h

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