Factoid #1: The US Postal Service currently processes and delivers, on average, 472.1 million mail pieces each day.
Factoid #2: Roughly 138 million Americans voted in the last Presidential election (2016).
Let's assume 140 million people vote in this year's Presidential election. And let's assume (unrealistically for illustrative purposes) every one of them votes by mail. Then let's assume (again unrealistically for illustrative purposes) they all mail in their ballots on the same day. What would happen?
Well, do the fucking math. It would merely produce a one-day, 30% spike in the average volume of mail currently handled by the Postal Service. You know, something akin to what the USPS sees each year during the peak holiday season.
Of course, the actual blip will be substantially lower, because 1) not everyone is going to vote by mail and 2) the ballots will trickle in over several weeks rather than on a single day.
Which brings me back to my question - Can someone please explain to me why the dim-retards say they need an extra $25 fucking billion to handle this?