Signed. Sealed. Delivered?
The postal service is older than America itself. It delivers bills,\xa0Amazon packages and even ballots straight to your house. So what happens when, in the middle of a pandemic that has\xa0skyrocketed\xa0the demand for vote-by-mail, the USPS suddenly seems like it\u2019s falling apart?\xa0POLITICO\xa0Magazine digital editor Zack Stanton joins Scott Bland to talk about the mail-system meltdown and what USPS expert Phil Rubio, himself a former letter carrier, says about how fundamental the postal service is to the 2020 election\xa0\u2014 and to our very idea of democracy.\nScott Bland is the host of Nerdcast and a politics editor at POLITICO.Zack Stanton is digital editor at POLITICO magazine.Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices