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FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2021 file photo, Fulton County Georgia elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta. When voters in Florida and Georgia request mailed ballots next year, they will have to make sure they do one more thing before sending it in: provide proof of identification. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Postal Service agrees to provide more transparency during election season

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Postal Service settles another lawsuit stemming from the 2020 presidential election.

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The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunset Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in Washington. President Joe Biden is prepared to mark the first anniversary of the Capitol insurrection Thursday, gathering with lawmakers to remember the violent attack that has fundamentally changed the Congress and raised global concerns about the future of American democracy. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Biden warns of US peril from Trump’s ‘dagger’ at democracy

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Mark Meadows

Probe finds Trump officials repeatedly violated Hatch Act

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(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2020, file photo mail-in ballots for the 2020 General Election in the United States are seen before being sorted at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa. A new study finds the expansion of mail voting did not benefit Democrats or increase turnout. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

What happened when a scientific study looked at mail ballots in 2020 swing states?

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(AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)Russ Vought

OMB takes offense to Biden transition team’s comments on its level of cooperation

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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A U.S. Postal Service truck makes deliveries next to the Supreme Court on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump says he's planning an aggressive legal strategy to try prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election, a matter that could find its way to the high court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

USPS, stretched to its limits in 2020, sees ‘light at the end of tunnel’ in new year

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(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)A mailbox sits outside a U.S. Post Office building, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in the Susquehanna Township section of Harrisburg, Pa. U.S. Postal Service inspectors found just 13 ballots during an Election Day sweep of processing centers ordered by a federal judge, all of them in Pennsylvania. Court documents filed Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, say the ballots were then expedited for delivery to local election offices. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

USPS offers Congress, Biden administration a shot at long-term postal reform

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(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)An election worker examines ballots as vote counting in the general election continues at State Farm Arena on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

There is a lot of work to be done once we ditch this election storm

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Chester County election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 general election in the United States at West Chester University, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in West Chester, Pa. With the outcome of the U.S. presidential race still in limbo on Wednesday, President Donald Trump and his supporters seized and spread online misinformation about legally cast absentee and mail-in votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

USPS ‘extraordinary measures’ prioritized ballot delivery speed over traceability

The Postal Service could’ve set up a way to track ballots that went through its expedited process, but an agency executive stressed USPS made the speed…

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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A U.S. Postal Service truck makes deliveries next to the Supreme Court on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump says he's planning an aggressive legal strategy to try prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election, a matter that could find its way to the high court. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

USPS sweeps 220 mail processing sites for any undelivered ballots following federal court order

The Postal Service, in the hours leading up to polls closing, will sweep 220 mail-processing facilities for any remaining undelivered ballots in a dozen…

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Election worker Robin Smith helps a voter with his ballot Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at Willow School in Lansing, Mich. [Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP)

Time to polish the tarnished election apparatus

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Federal involvement in election processing has steadily grown deeper.

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